Staff recommends that the Planning Board recommend that the Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners conditionally approve the preliminary plan of the Majestic Cove Mobile Home and RV Park and adopt the Findings of Fact as presented in the staff report.

PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Pursuant to Section 76-3-608(4), MCA, the following seven conditions are recommended to reasonably minimize potential adverse impacts identified within the Findings of Fact.
 

1.  To minimize effects on local services, the natural environment, and public health and safety, prior to final plan approval the developer will receive approval from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed onsite water (wells) and multi-user wastewater treatment system.
2. To minimize the effects on public health and safety and to meet County road standards, prior to final plan approval the developer will bring the internal private roads in the development up to County Gravel Road Standards and receive approval from the Yellowstone County Public Works Department.
3. To minimize effects on the natural environment, public health and safety, and to ensure compliance with the Yellowstone County Subdivision Regulations, prior to final plan approval the developer will receive approval from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to ensure proper storm water management practices, and facility design are followed.
4. To minimize impacts on local services and agricultural operations, prior to final plan approval a weed management plan must be completed and approved by the Yellowstone County Weed Department.
5. To minimize impacts to local services and public health and safety, and to meet the intent of park land use, prior to final plat approval the developer will remove the trailers, boat, and other non-park related materials stored or abandoned on the proposed park land property to ensure it is used as park and open space only.
6. Minor changes may be made in the SIA and final documents, as requested by the Planning and/or Public Works Departments to clarify the documents and bring them into the standard acceptable format.
7. The final plan shall comply with all requirements of the County Subdivision Regulations, rules, regulations, policies, and resolutions of the Yellowstone County, and the laws and Administrative Rules of the State of Montana.

The Planning Board conducted its plan review at its meeting on October 14. Planning Board President Dick Clark asked the Board members if they had any questions or comments for staff, the applicant or his agent on the proposal.

Planning Board Member Clint McFarland asked staff if the two wells to be used for the domestic water system had been tested for quality and safety. Wyeth Friday explained that the wells are being tested during the permitting process with MDEQ but that the applicant's agent might have more information to add on this issue.

Planning Board Member Donna Forbes asked if a park plan had been submitted to the County Park Board by the applicant. Wyeth said he was not aware of a park plan being submitted but that the park land would need to be maintained, irrigated, and kept free of weeds by the mobile home park so it could be used for park and open space. He said other improvements to the park were not required. Wyeth did note that during a site visit to the property it was found that several trailers, a boat, and some other non-park related materials were being stored on the park land. He said staff would propose a condition to address this issue and provide it to the Board before the public hearing meeting (Please see Condition 5 in the recommendation section of this memo).

The applicant's agent, Forrest Mandeville with Engineering West, addressed the Board. He said MDEQ had previously approved the two wells serving as separate systems for portions of the development and the applicant planned to move forward with this approval and have the wells each serve some of the units in the development. He said that language in the Findings of Fact and SIA should be changed to reflect this (Staff has updated the Findings of Fact to reflect this information and attached it to this memo). He also added that most of the units have individual septic systems and that a new drainfield at the west side of the development will be a shared system for some of the units not already served. Forrest said he and the applicant are in agreement with the staff recommendations for conditions and the recommendation to remove the existing trailers from the park land.

Property owner Rockie McCaffree addressed the Board. He said when he purchased this property there were 36 units which is more than what was allowed by MDEQ and local regulations.  He said there are not going to be any shared sewer systems aside from the one new multi-user drainfield. He said that each well was tested multiple times and nothing was found.

There were no other questions or discussion on this plan by the Board.