Planning and Zoning

Open Committee Position: Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee

View Proposed Amendments under Draft Documents for Zoning here and CALURS here.

View Columbia Falls Rural Zoning information here.

View FPP-24-12 Flathead Lake Club digital file under Draft Documents here.

View the draft amendment to the Buildings for Lease or Rent Regulations here.

🚩 POTENTIAL SCAM ALERT 🚩

We have recently been made aware of potential scams targeting individuals and businesses in our community.

Scammers have been emailing fake invoices to try to elicit payment for services or products that Flathead County Planning and Zoning either does not charge for or services that were not performed. We will never send an invoice unless requested by the applicant. Emails from the Planning and Zoning office will only come from a Flathead County domain, never from a Gmail, Yahoo, or usa.com domain.

Red Flags to Watch for:

• Use of the County Seal, instead of the department logo.
• Requiring payment via a wire. Flathead County does not accept a wire as a form of payment. We only accept checks or Credit Cards.
• Charging for an Approval Fee. The Planning and Zoning office does not have any sort of Approval Fees. Please see here for the current fee schedule.

Please see here and here for examples of real scam invoices.

Our IT Department has recommended reporting scams to the Federal Trade Commission.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to our office to verify any sort of payment request.