Item #1: The applicant is requesting a zone change from Agriculture-Open Space (A-1) to Agriculture Suburban (A-S – 58.48 acres) and Community Commercial (CC – 11.75 acres) on Parcel 2 of C/S 3641, a 70.23 acre parcel of land. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on September 22, 2017, at 7100 Commercial Avenue – Performance Engineering offices. Tax ID: D00624A. Presented by Karen Husman, Planner I

Grant the requested 30-day extension. 

OWNER:                                  Nexco, LLC 
AGENT:                                   Scott Aspenlieder
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:             C/S 3641
ADDRESS:                              NW Corner of Hesper Rd. & 48th St. W
SIZE OF PARCEL:                   70.23 acres
EXISTING LAND USE:             Agricultural
PROPOSED LAND USE:         Residential and Commercial
EXISTING ZONING:                 A-1
PROPOSED ZONING:             A-S and CC

None.

None

NORTH:   Zoning:       R-150/Ag-Suburban
                  Land Use:   Residential
SOUTH:    Zoning:       Ag-Open/Ag-Suburban
                 Land Use:   Residential
EAST:       Zoning:       Ag-Open/CC
                 Land Use:   Residential/Agricultural/Commercial
WEST:     Zoning:        Ag-Open
                 Land Use:   Residential/Agricultural

The subject property is located at Hesper Road and 48th Street West.  The current zoning, A-1, was in effect since 1973 when the County adopted jurisdictional zoning around the City of Billings. The property has been recently subdivided as the Whitehorse Subdivision.
 
A neighborhood meeting was conducted by the applicant on September 22, 2017 at 7100 Commercial Ave., Ste. 4, Billings, MT.  There were three residents in attendance at the meeting. Concerns were voiced about increase in traffic, height restrictions in the CC zone, and how light pollution would be addressed.
 
The applicant submitted a request on October 19, 2017, to delay this application’s public hearing in order to amend the application.  The property was recorded as the Whitehorse Subdivision on October 17, 2017, (after the application submittal deadline for zoning applications) and one of the parcels is currently under contract for sale.  The applicant would like to amend the application to update this information and exclude Lot 3 of the Whitehorse Subdivision from the zone change application.
 

Planning staff has reviewed the request and is recommending the Zoning Commission grant the applicant a 30-day extension based on the information that was received. The application would be revised and brought to the Zoning Commission at its December meeting.