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Agenda for City Board of Adjustment

  CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AGENDA-Wednesday, November 1, 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:
 
The minutes of the Board meeting of October 4, 2023.
 
 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.
The Applicant has requested a withdrawal of City Variance 1369 – 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 side 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.
 
b.
City Variance — 1372 — 3508 S Frontage Road --  Parking siting - A variance from the siting and building standards for the Heavy Commercial (CX) zone district that requires surface parking to be in a side or rear yard (Section 27-409- Table 27-400.6 (B.6). The property is on South Frontage Road near where the road changes speed and direction and becomes Riverside Drive and then Garden Avenue. These are local streets that continue north and east to the S 27th St interchange with Interstate 90. The subject property is legally described as an unplatted parcel in Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 26 East, a remainder of the south part of Government Lots 2 and Lot 3 (less C/S 1596), and is approximately 20 acres in area. The lot will be split in the near future and the requested variance will apply only to the lot on the west half of the parcel where the proposed use will be located. The proposed use is for a consolidate location for Torgerson's Equipment, an agricultural dealership offering sales, parts, & service to customers across Montana. 
 
Other Business/Announcements
 
Adjournment
 
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