The City Council, after conducting a public hearing, approved on first reading the zone change by unanimous vote and adopted the findings of the 10 criteria during its June 22, 2020 meeting. Staff recommends Council approve Zone Change 977 on second reading, including adoption of the 10 criteria. 

This is a modification to the Zone District Boundaries of Western Sky Planned Development - A zone change request to amend the zone district boundary lines within the Planned Development Agreement (PDA) for Western Sky Subdivision, more specifically increase the acres of underlying Community Commercial (CC) zoning from 8.5 acres to 11.5 acres; increase the acres of Neighborhood Commercial (NC) from 10.2 to 10.3 acres; decrease the acres of Residential Multi-family (RMF) from 15.3 acres to 15.2 acres and decrease the acres of Residential Manufactured Home (RMH) from 31.1 acres to 28.2 acres. The map amendment applies to all lots within Western Sky Subdivision. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on a virtual format on April 27, 2020, by the agent Sanderson Stewart, Billings MT. Tax IDs A36871, A36872, A36873, A36874, A36875. 

City Council may:

• Approve the zone change and adopt the findings of the 10 criteria.
• Deny the zone change and adopt different findings of the 10 criteria
• Allow the applicant to withdraw the zone change; or
• Delay action on the zone change request for up to 30 days.

Approval of this application will have no direct financial impact on the Planning Division or other City budgets.