Skip to main content

AgendaQuick™

Agenda for City Board of Adjustment

Back to View Meetings
  CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AGENDA-Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Miller Building, 1st Floor Conference Room
2825 3rd Avenue North, Billings, Montana  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
 
In the event a quorum of the Council is present, no City-related decisions will be made during this meeting or event.

Citizens are invited to: Public comment will be taken only during the Public Comment periods as indicated on the agenda and during the Public Hearings, if any are scheduled, under the Regular agenda. Comments may be sent to Board via email before 10:00 AM on the meeting date. All emails received prior to this time will be read into the record for the public hearing.  Comments may be submitted by:
  • Mail: City/County Planning Division, 2825 3rd Ave N 4th Floor,  Billings, MT 59101
    • Email: bartleyr@billingsmt.gov
  • Call in during the Public Comment periods as indicated on the agenda:
    • Citizens may call in during specific Public Comment periods at 406.237.6165.
      All callers will be placed in a queued system and are asked to remain on hold and be patient. Calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. Callers will be limited to 3 minutes of testimony as is customary.
      Future delivery methods may be explored as best practice is learned.

      Please direct questions to Administrative Secretary Robbin Bartley at bartleyr@billingsmt.gov or 406-247-8676
Call the meeting to order.
 
Introduction of City Board of Adjustment Members and Planning Department Staff.
 
Public Comment
 
Approval of Minutes:
 
1.
Approval of minutes September 6, 2023.
 
View Agenda Item
 Disclosure of any Conflict of Interest-Members of the Commission and Staff
 
Disclosure of an Outside (Ex Parte Communication)-Members of the Commission and Staff
a.The Exparté Communication Binder is available at the Sign-In and Agenda Station.
 
Regular Business:
 
A.
Opening of public hearings.
 
B.
Reading of rules for the procedure by which the public hearings will be conducted.
 
C.
Reading of notices of the public hearings on the following items:
 
Public Hearings:
 
a.
City Variance 1369 –502 Wicks Ln. – Parking Siting - A variance from Table 27-400.5-B.8 requiring surface or accessory parking location to be either in the rear yard or limited in the front or side yard in a Neighborhood Office (NO) to allow unlimited parking in the front yard on the west 25 feet of lot 9 and the east 50 feet of lot 10 of Block 1 (less 750 sf street) of Arrowhead Subd., an 0.863 acre parcel of land. The purpose of the variance is to allow an existing commercial structure to remain in place while a replacement structure is built on the site.
 
View Agenda Item
b.
City Variance 1370 –3042 King Ave W. (AKA 3036 King Ave W) – Front Build to Zone - A variance from Table 27-400-3. A-4 Front build to zone of 10 to 20 feet; 27-400-3. B-14 Ground story maximum height of 18 feet; 27-400-3. B-16 and 17 Window and Door Coverage of 65% on the ground floor and 15% on upper floors, 27-400-3. B-18 Number of front façade entrances – one required, 27-400-3. B-19 Permitted roof types – limited to parapet, pitched or flat, and Section 27-1005.Q.1 Vehicle Service Station, service bays may not be located on a front facade in a Corridor Mixed Use 2 (CMU2) zone  to allow a front build-to zone of 44.2 feet from the back of easements on the King Ave W frontage, allow a 19.33 foot ground floor height, allow 50.5% window coverage on the ground floor, allow the front door to face east instead of north, allow a barrel roof type, and allow one service bay overhead door to face the front property line on Lot 3A1, Studer Acreage Tracts Subd., a 1.165 acre parcel of land. The purpose of the variance is to allow the development of a Smitty's Carwash.
 
View Agenda Item
c.
City Variance – 1371 – 3100 S Frontage Rd.  – Parking siting - A variance from Table 27-400-6.B.6  requiring surface or accessory parking location to the side or rear of the property to allow the parking in the front yard in a Heavy Commercial (CX) zone, on Lots 5-7 of Riverside Acreage Tracts Subd., a 5.432 acre parcel of land. The purpose of the variance is to allow the location of parking to be in the front of a new building. The property has submitted a concurrent annexation petition.
 
View Agenda Item
Other Business/Announcements
 
Adjournment
 
A public comment phone line is available for on-line viewers to provide testimony during the specific Public Comment periods announced by the Chairman during the hearings. The call in phone number is (406) 237-6165. All callers will be in a queued system and are asked to remain on hold and be patient. Calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. Callers will be restricted to 3 minutes of testimony as is customary.  Written comments may also be sent to Board via email to husmank@billingsmt.gov or bartleyr@billingsmt.gov before 1:00 PM on October 4, 2023. All emails received prior to this time will become part of the record for the public hearing.

Additional information on this application is available on-line at
https://www.billingsmt.gov/2361/Current-Zoning-Applications or in the Planning Offices at 2825 3rd Ave N – 4th Floor.

Public hearings are accessible to individuals with physical disabilities. Special arrangements for participation in the public hearings by individuals with hearing, speech, or vision impairment may be made upon request at least three days prior to the hearing. Please notify Robbin Bartley, Administrative Assistant, at 247-8676 or e-mail to bartleyr@billingsmt.gov