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CITY ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA-Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 4:30 p.m. Beartooth Meeting Room, 5th Floor 316 N 26th St., Billings MT |
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Citizens are invited to:
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Call the meeting to order.
Introduction of City Zoning Commission Members and Planning Department Staff.
Public Comment
Approval of Minutes: August 5, 2025
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
Regular Business:
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Opening of public hearings.
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Reading of rules for the procedure by which the public hearings will be conducted.
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Reading of notices of the public hearings on the following items:
Public Hearings:
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City Zone Change 1070 - Grand Ave & Daybreak - from AG to PND - A zone change request from Agricultural (A) to Planned Neighborhood Development (PND) with First Neighborhood Residential (N1), Mixed Residential 1 (NX1), Corridor Mixed Use 1 (CMU1) and Parks and open space (P1), on Sunny Cove Fruit Farms, Lot 66A1 & 67A1, an 54,109-acre parcel of land. Included in this request is a variance from the required separation from the CMU1 adjacent to Ag by a public street or alley. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on July 22, 2025 at 6:00pm, at 5554 Grand Ave. Tax ID: D04669, D04670
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City Special Review 1001 - 1108 & 1110 S 28th St. - To allow Surface Parking as primary use - A special review request to allow Energy Labs located at 1120 S 27th St. to utilize a vacant parcel for surface parking on .48-acre parcel of land, on Billings Second Addition, Block 250, Lots 5-10. Tax ID A01896 & A01895
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Other Business/Announcements
Adjournment
The City Council has designated September 22, at 5:30 p.m. as the date and time to receive the Zoning Commission recommendation for the zone changes and hold a public hearing. If approved on first reading, a second reading will occur on October 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm.
Before taking any action on an application for a Zone Change, the City Council shall first consider the findings and recommendations of the City Zoning Commission. In no case shall the City Council approve a zone change other than the one advertised. The City Council shall take one of the following actions on the zone change requests: 1) approve the application; 2) deny the application; 3) allow withdrawal of the application; or 4) delay the application for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
As provided in Montana Code Annotated, Section 76-2-305(2), in the event of a protest petition against such zone change map amendment signed by the owners of twenty-five (25) percent or more of: (1) the area of the lots included in any proposed change; or (2) those lots or units, as defined in MCA 70-23-102, one hundred fifty (150) feet from a lot included in a proposed change, such proposed amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the present and voting members of the city council. For purposes of this protest provision interest in the common elements of the condominium, as expressed in the declaration, included in the calculation of the protest. If the property, as defined in 70-23-102, spans more than one lot, the percentage of the unit owner's undivided interest in the common elements must be multiplied by the total number of lots upon which the property is located. The percentage of the unit owner's undivided interest must be certified as correct by the unit owner seeking to protest a change or by the presiding officer of the association of unit owners. The protest petition must be received in the Planning Division office by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the first reading of the ordinance by the City Council.
Testimony regarding the above-mentioned item may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
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 Brenda Berns, Planning Clerk at bernsb@billingsmt.gov or 406-247-8610
Before taking any action on an application for a Zone Change, the City Council shall first consider the findings and recommendations of the City Zoning Commission. In no case shall the City Council approve a zone change other than the one advertised. The City Council shall take one of the following actions on the zone change requests: 1) approve the application; 2) deny the application; 3) allow withdrawal of the application; or 4) delay the application for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
As provided in Montana Code Annotated, Section 76-2-305(2), in the event of a protest petition against such zone change map amendment signed by the owners of twenty-five (25) percent or more of: (1) the area of the lots included in any proposed change; or (2) those lots or units, as defined in MCA 70-23-102, one hundred fifty (150) feet from a lot included in a proposed change, such proposed amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the present and voting members of the city council. For purposes of this protest provision interest in the common elements of the condominium, as expressed in the declaration, included in the calculation of the protest. If the property, as defined in 70-23-102, spans more than one lot, the percentage of the unit owner's undivided interest in the common elements must be multiplied by the total number of lots upon which the property is located. The percentage of the unit owner's undivided interest must be certified as correct by the unit owner seeking to protest a change or by the presiding officer of the association of unit owners. The protest petition must be received in the Planning Division office by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the first reading of the ordinance by the City Council.
Testimony regarding the above-mentioned item may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
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 Brenda Berns, Planning Clerk at bernsb@billingsmt.gov or 406-247-8610
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