Another 66 condos planned for Monterra development

Another 66 units are proposed to be built at the Monterra condominium development on the south end of Whitefish.

Developers from the Missoula-based Whitefish Partners 1 are seeking a conditional use permit to wrap up the project that first took shape more than a decade ago.

Their request goes before the Whitefish Planning Board on Thursday, July 16 at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

The developers are asking to construct phase 2 and complete Phase 1 of the project.

The build out of Phase 1 includes a dozen units in a single building to be constructed where the existing tennis courts are located.

Phase 2 includes 54 units in four buildings to be built south of the existing Monterra development.

Each unit will have a single-car garage with another parking space in each driveway. Garage-forward units are not permitted.

Plans for phase 2 include new tennis courts along with a second clubhouse and swimming pool area.

Access to phase 2 will be within the development and an access to Kallner Lane will be installed. No new access points will be constructed off River Lakes Parkway.

The planning department received one letter in opposition to the proposal.

Preston Cannady fears the valley is growing too fast, and that residents are in jeopardy of losing a certain quality of life.

“Traffic is definitely a real problem and with more people comes more problems,” she wrote. “In other words slow our growth down to a manageable level because all good things can, and will, come to an end.”

The build out of phases 1 and 2 will complete the Monterra development with a total of 224 units — less than the 230 originally approved.