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CITY ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA-Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 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 Division Staff
Public Comment
Each speaker will have three minutes to address the board. Please state your name and address for the record, direct your comments to the board as a whole, and maintain decorum. The timer will signal when you have 30 seconds remaining. Thank you for keeping your remarks concise and respectful.
Each speaker will have three minutes to address the board. Please state your name and address for the record, direct your comments to the board as a whole, and maintain decorum. The timer will signal when you have 30 seconds remaining. Thank you for keeping your remarks concise and respectful.
Approval of Minutes:
Meeting Minutes of October 7, 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 1073 –SCFF Lot 7-SW Corner Rimrock & 60th St. W - RR3 to CMU1 & 2- A zone change request from Rural Residential 3 (RR3) to Corridor Mixed Use 1 and 2 (CMU1 & CMU2) on SUNNY COVE FRUIT FARMS, S31, T01 N, R25 E, Lot 7, a 9.23 acre parcel of land. This application is being submitted in conjunction with an annexation petition. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on September 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm, at Grace Montessori, 4809 Grand Ave. Tax ID: D04653
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City Zone Change 1074 –Barber Farms sub- Ag to CMU1, NX1, N2 and P1- A zone change request from Agriculture (A) to Corridor Mixed Use 1 (CMU1), Mixed Residential 1 (NX1), Mid Century Residential (N2) and Parks and open space 1 (P1) on S03, T01 S, R25 E, C.O.S. 2007, PARCEL 1A, parcels of land to be known as Lot 3 of Barber Farm Subdivision, 55.46 acre parcel of land. This application is being submitted in conjunction with an annexation petition. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on September 22, 2025, at 5:30 pm, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Tax ID: D00349
Other Business/Announcements
Future Business
Adjournment
Adjournment
The City Council has designated November 24, 2025 , 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 December 8, 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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