MEETING MINUTES: May 27, 2015

PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION/RECOMMENDATION.  2015-2019 TIP Amendment  I Federal regulations require that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) review and update their Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) periodically. Due to additional projects being added to the current Billings MPO 2015- 2019 TIP and a variety of cost adjustments to existing projects, the Billings MPO requires a TIP amendment. This amendment will be called the 2015-2019 TIP Amendment I. The projects that have been amended include Bench Boulevard, Airport Road and Zimmerman Trail, and cost adjustments on a variety of other projects. These projects are programmed into MDT project funding and are not funded through local allocations.The Yellowstone County Board of Planning will conduct a public hearing on the TIP Amendment at this meeting and forward a recommendation to the governing bodies.

PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION/RECOMMENDATION: City/County Subdivision Regulation Amendments. Planning staff was recently alerted to an inconsistency in the local subdivision regulations with state law in relation to subdivision of land within a 100-year floodplain.  It is desirable to have local subdivision regulations that are consistent with all other applicable laws. This proposed amendment is designed to bring the local and state regulations related to the 100-year floodplain into alignment with each other. The Planning Board reviewed the proposed subdivision regulation amendments on May 27 and is scheduled to conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation at this meeting.

PLAT REVIEW/DISCUSSION.  Clear Creek Subdivision, 2nd Filing, Amended Lot 5 Block 1.  On May 1, 2015, owners Robert and Dorothy Labert applied for preliminary subsequent minor plat approval for Clear Creek Subdivision, 2 ^nd Filing, Amended Lot 5, Block 1.  The proposed plat creates 2 lots from a 3.8-acre parcel of land. The subject property is generally located on the south side of Pine Ridge Lane, just north of the Highway 87 N/ Highway 312 intersection in the Heights.  The property is zoned Community Commercial (CC) and there are a mixture of commercial and residential uses in the immediate vicinity.  The Yellowstone County Board of Planning will review the plat at this meeting and conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to act on the proposal on July 14, 2015.

PLAT REVIEW/DISCUSSION.  Lone Tree Industrial Park: On May 1, 2015, the Planning Division received an application for review and approval of a seven-unit condominium subdivision on Tract 3A of Certificate of Survey 971.  The property is located on the north side of King Avenue West, between South 64 ^th Street West and South 72 ^nd Street West, the general address is 6875 King Avenue West.  The property is not within the County zoning jurisdiction and therefore, in accordance with Chapter 8 of the County Subdivision Regulations, this condominium development must be reviewed as a "subdivision for rent or lease."  The Planning Board will conduct a plat review at this meeting and a public hearing on June 23, 2015.

PLAT REVIEW/DISCUSSION.  Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Filing.  On May 1, 2015, owner, Superior Builders, LLP, applied for preliminary major plat approval for Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2 ^nd Filing.  The proposed plat creates 15 lots from a 28-acre parcel of land. The subject property is generally located in Lockwood, on the south side of San Marino Drive, between Tanglewood Drive and Noblewood Drive.  The property is zoned Residential-9,600 (R-96).  The Yellowstone County Board of Planning will review the plat at this meeting and conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The Board of County Commissioners will act on the proposal on July 14, 2015.