On November 1, 2010, owner, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, Inc., and subdivider, St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Inc., applied for preliminary major plat approval for St. Vincent Healthcare Subdivision. The proposed subdivision re-plats 34 lots originally platted in the Village Subdivision, into 30 lots. The subject property is located on the west side of Shiloh Road between Monad Road and King Avenue West. The property is zoned Planned Unit Development (medical and commercial uses). The property is currently going through amendments to the original PUD zoning and the zone change application will go before the City Council at the same time as the preliminary plat. The proposal would create 19 lots for medical related uses, six lots for commercial uses, and four private park areas.

A variance has been requested from Section 23-406.B.(6) of the City Subdivision Regulations to allow a 56-foot right-of-way dedication for Monad Road, west of Marillac Street, in lieu of the required 74-foot right-of-way dedication requirement for a collector street. The applicants request and staff analysis can be found in Attachment C.

Yellowstone County Board of Planning reviewed the plat at its December 14, 2010 meeting, and conducted a public hearing and made a recommendation to City Council at its January 11, 2011 meeting.

In accordance with state law, the City Council has 60 working days to act upon this preliminary major plat; the 60 working day review period for the proposed plat ends on January 27, 2011. State and City subdivision regulations also require that preliminary plats be reviewed using specific criteria, as stated within this report. The City may not unreasonably restrict an owner’s ability to develop land if the subdivider provides evidence that any identified adverse effects can be mitigated. Within the 60 day review period, the City Council is required to:

1. Approve;
2. Conditionally Approve; or
3. Deny the preliminary plat

Should the City Council approve the preliminary plat, the subject property may further develop under private ownership, resulting in additional tax revenues.

The proposed subdivision re-plats 34 lots originally platted in the Village Subdivision into 30 lots. The subject property is located on the northwest corner of Shiloh Road and King Avenue West. The property is zoned Planned Unit Development (medical and commercial uses). The proposal would create 19 lots for medical-related uses, six lots for commercial uses, and four private park areas. The subject property is bordered on the north across Monad Road by Emmanuel Baptist Church and irrigated agriculture land, on the south across King Ave. West by commercial development within Montana Sapphire Subdivision, on the east across Shiloh Road by Olympic Village apartments and condominiums, and on the west by multi-family apartments and irrigated agricultural land in Lenhardt Square Subdivision.
General location: West side of Shiloh Road, between Monad Road and King Ave. West

Legal Description: Blocks 1 through 5, The Village Subdivision located in the SE ¼, Section 10, T1S, R25E

Owner: Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, Inc.

Subdivider: St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Inc.; David Irion, Executive Director

Engineer and Surveyor: Sanderson Stewart

Existing Zoning: PUD (medical uses and commercial uses)

Existing land use: Irrigated farm land with platted vacant lots

Proposed land use: Medical campus with commercial uses

Gross and Net area: 111.91 acres; 91.42 acres

Proposed number of lots: 30

Lot size: Max: 8.74 acres     Min.: 0.44 acres

Parkland requirements: No parkland dedication required for commercial subdivisions

A public hearing was held on January 11, 2011, to provide adjacent property owners and other interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposal. In addition, a letter of support was received on December 27, 2010, from adjacent neighbor, Beartooth Bank (see Attachment D). 

Consistency with the 2008 Growth Policy, the 2009 Transportation Plan Update, and Heritage Trail Plan are discussed within the Findings of Fact.