Rygg v. Kalispell Board of Adjustment

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of the district court, Flathead County, affirming a variance order granted by the Kalispell Board of Adjustment for the operation of a law office in a zoned residential area.

Plaintiffs, appellants here, are residents of Block 105, Kalispell, Montana. Block 105 is zoned as a No. 1 Residential District. The intervenors are William E. and David L. Astle, brothers, who are lawyers. They purchased a residence in the zoned residential area and requested a variance for the operation of a professional office for the practice of law in the residential…