Georgetown Lake Community Calendar
| Event Name | Event Date | Event Location | Event Contact |
| Fourth of July Parade at Georgetown Lake | July 4, 2011 | Seven Gables | jeff7gables@3riversdbs.net |
| VFD Department Training | Every other Wednesday at 6:30pm | GLVFD Fire Hall | jeff7gables@3riversdbs.net |
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What's New... (Updated August 30, 2010)
Revised Aug. 24 and 25, 2010
GEORGETOWN LAKE SPECIAL ZONING DISTRICT
GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA
Zoning Code
(DRAFT: For Review and Comment)
SECTION I
Title, Applicability, Purpose, and Authority
A. Title. This ordinance shall be known as the Georgetown Lake Special Zoning District Land Development Regulations, or, “Georgetown Lake Zoning Code”.
B. Applicability. The Georgetown Lake Zoning Code is only applicable to the Georgetown Lake Special Zoning District as adopted by the Granite County Board of Commissioners in Ordinance No. 09-00. No part of this code shall be construed as to be in any force and effect elsewhere in Granite County unless expressly authorized by the Granite County Board of Commissioners pursuant to the requirements of the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). (Note: It was suggested by the Granite County Planning Board (GCPB) that this section be expanded to say that zoning in any other parts of Granite County must be adopted by the Board of County Commissioners according to Montana law, and that the Georgetown Lake Special Zoning District does not apply or even affect land use in other parts of the County. However, this would be explanatory language, not regulatory. I respectfully recommend that such language be placed in the ordinance that adopts the zoning regulations, and not in the regulations themselves. BH). Please read more under the Zoning Bulletin Tab....
Edwards Lakefront Sub-district Property Owners Zoning Feedback Questionnaire
The intent of this questionnaire is to solicit feedback from the property owners in the Edwards Lakefront Sub-district regarding the proposed Georgetown Lake zoning regulations.
Granite County and the Georgetown Lake Homeowners Association have drafted proposed zoning regulations for the entire Georgetown Lake area. The full zoning code (proposed) can be found at: http://www.georgetownlakehomeowners.com/index.php/zoning_info_bulletin/prop_zoning_code/
More specifically, the zoning document proposes a number of zoning districts:
• Denton’s Point Neighborhood Conservation District
• Edwards Neighborhood Conservation District
• Edwards Lakefront Sub-district
• Dude Ranch-Rising Sun Neighborhood Conservation District
• Rural Residential District
Please click on the Zoning Code Tab to read the Questionaire......
Georgetown Lake Homeowner’s Association
Please continue to support our efforts!
Busy? You bet! The Homeowner’s Association is up to their elbows with efforts to keep Georgetown Lake a place all of us continue to enjoy year after year.
Since 2000, the Georgetown Lake Homeowner’s Association has been an advocate on the Flint Creek Dam Advisory Board. Other community representatives on this board include: DNRC, U.S. Forest Service, Fish Wildlife and Parks and irrigators from the upper and lower valley. This group monitors discharges from the lake and advises commissioners on lake levels and seasonal flows. DNRC uses this information to advise Granite County commissioners on lake management.
Homeowner’s board members also sit on the Granite County Planning Board and the Flint Creek Watershed Steering Committee to monitor growth and development in our area.
During 2006, Denton’s Point Lodge and land sold and later subdivided. Homeowners and area citizens were very concerned about the proposed density for the subdivision and its impact on water quality. Our board hired the Helena engineering firm of Anderson & Montgomery to review the proposed septic and storm water systems. The results of this study caused DEQ to mandate a system with 4 monitoring wells and relocation of drain fields among other items. Homeowner’s efforts caused improvements and upgrades to the proposed systems.
In December 2007, homeowners and citizens at the lake initiated discussions with Granite County and asked for development guidelines. After 5 months of debate with the commissioners, we hired Applied Communications consultant Robert Horne of Whitefish. He assisted us with public scoping meetings, written responses and web surveys to determine important lake issues. We then provided survey results to Granite County Planning Department and Commissioners and requested a development district for one year. This interim period will allow us to work on plausible solutions for growth. Late January 2009, we expect the Commissioners response to our request.
In 2007 and 2008, the Georgetown Lake Homeowner’s Association was more than an interested party to the “change of use” request by Granite County concerning dam operations and power generation. We retained the law firm Garlington, Lohn, Robinson in Missoula and their water attorney Stephen Brown to represent homeowner’s association interest in this matter. During day long hearings, depositions were taken; homeowners testified and were represented before a DNRC hearing examiner. “Change of use” was ultimately denied and the status of water storage right remains unchanged.
Over the past two years the board also initiated a “state of the lake” study, obtained grants, attended informational meetings, interviewed citizens and created strategies to continue our goal of ensuring water quality, property values and way of life at the lake.
We recently launched our new website as an additional method to keep you informed of the Homeowner’s Association activities and projects concerning the lake. Homeowners will have easy access to the most recent data regarding our association’s work toward keeping the integrity of our lake environment. Website visitors are welcome to contact us by selecting that tab under Web Contents on our Home Page.
All of the above efforts involve incalculable hours and financial expenditures. Due to our significant membership base and involvement with protective projects at Georgetown Lake, the Homeowners Association remains a significant representative of your interests in the entire surrounding area.
To further sustain representation of your best interests at Georgetown Lake, we request your continued support. If you have neighbors or friends that do not belong to our association, please ask them to join our membership. Everyone who recreates or lives at the lake benefits from the fruits of our labor.
Please take a few minutes to complete the membership form and return it along with your dues of $25. Our first quarter newsletter with annual winter dinner details and 2009 membership form was mailed to the entire membership during January. Membership dues are due by the end of February each year.
Direct questions regarding the above information to Chuck Stokke, President, at 563-7640 or Jan Christensen, board member, at 563-6026.
Water Levels Update from Dave Amman, Hydrologist
Montana DNRC, 444-6648
On June 30, the Georgetown Lake water surface elevation was 6429.43 feet, and the July 11 elevation was 6429.52 feet. The high inflows and outflows of June have subsided and outflow is currently set at 41 cfs. With this reduced outflow rate, the lake level is still rising. According to the most recent figures, inputs now are between 65 and 70 cfs. It is possible that the lake will rise again to the spillway crest by the end of July.... Read more on the "Water Levels" tab under Water Quality........
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