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CITY ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA-Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 4:30 p.m. Miller Building, 1st Floor Conference Room 2825 3rd Avenue North, Billings, Montana |
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Public Comment: There will be a Public Comment Section as noted on the agenda. This is the time members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda. Under State law, matters presented under this section cannot be discussed or acted upon by the Zoning Commission during this time. For items appearing on the agenda, the public will be invited to make comments at the appropriate time. It is very important to speak clearly, and state your name and address for the record. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less. |
Call the meeting to order.
Introduction of City Zoning Commission Members and Planning Department Staff.
Public Comment
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.
a.The Exparté Communication Binder is available at the Sign-In and Agenda Station.
Regular Business:
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a.
Approval of Minutes: July 7, 2015
Public Hearings: Reading of rules for the procedure by which the public hearings will be conducted.
Reading of notices of the public hearings on the following items:
Reading of notices of the public hearings on the following items:
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a.
Item #1 - City Special Review #930 – 4010 Montana Sapphire Drive – Beer & Wine License with gaming – A special review request to locate a beer & wine license with gaming for a new Dotty's Casino, a 4,000 square foot tenant space in a proposed new 10,502 square foot building with a 108-stall parking lot and landscaping in an Entryway Light Industrial (ELI) zone on Lot 8C, Block 1 of Montana Sapphire Subdivision a 1.939 acre parcel of land. Tax ID: A34623.
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b.
Item #2 -
City Zone Change #938 – East of 54th St West on Grand Peaks Drive – A zone change request from Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Residential 7,000 (R-70) on Lot 1, Block 5 and Lot 5, Block 2 of Grand Peaks Subdivision a 7.8 acre parcel of land. The applicant conducted a pre-application neighborhood meeting on June 24, 2015, at the King of Glory Lutheran Church, 4125 Grand Avenue. Tax ID: A33956 & A33960
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Item #3: City Zone Change #939 – Exposition Gateway Overlay District – An amendment to the Unified Zoning Regulations pertaining to the development of land within the Exposition Gateway Area of the East Billings Urban Renewal area generally located east of N 10
th Street to Exposition Drive and from 6
th Avenue North to 1
st Avenue North. The district overlay will not change the underlying zoning but will provide for enhanced site development requirements and restrict some industrial uses. The Yellowstone County Board of Planning initiated the amendment on June 23, 2015.
Other Business/Announcements
Adjournment
The City Council has designated
Monday, August 24, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers as the time and place to hear testimony for or against the special review use and zone changes.
Before taking any action on an application for a special review use, the City Council shall first consider the findings and recommendations of the City Zoning Commission. In no case shall the City Council approve a special review use other than the one advertised. The City Council shall take one of the following actions on these Special Review requests: 1) approve the application; 2) conditionally approve the application; 3) deny the application; 4) allow withdrawal of the application; or 5) delay the application for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
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 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 (August 21, 2015) the first reading of the amendment by the City Council.
The Zoning Commission and City Council will hear all persons wishing to speak relative to the proposed special review and zone change. Testimony regarding the above mentioned items may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, 2825 3 rd Avenue North, 4 th Floor, Miller Building, Billings, MT 59101 (247-8676) or to the Mayor and City Council, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
The Zoning Commission and City Council will hear all persons wishing to speak relative to the proposed special review uses. Testimony regarding the above mentioned items may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, 2825 3 rd Avenue North, 4 th Floor, Miller Building, Billings, MT 59101 (247-8676) or to the Mayor and City Council, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
Additional information on any of these items is available in the Planning and Community Services Office. 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 Tammy Deines, Planning Clerk, at 247-8610 or e-mail at deinest@ci.billings.mt.us
Before taking any action on an application for a special review use, the City Council shall first consider the findings and recommendations of the City Zoning Commission. In no case shall the City Council approve a special review use other than the one advertised. The City Council shall take one of the following actions on these Special Review requests: 1) approve the application; 2) conditionally approve the application; 3) deny the application; 4) allow withdrawal of the application; or 5) delay the application for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
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 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 (August 21, 2015) the first reading of the amendment by the City Council.
The Zoning Commission and City Council will hear all persons wishing to speak relative to the proposed special review and zone change. Testimony regarding the above mentioned items may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, 2825 3 rd Avenue North, 4 th Floor, Miller Building, Billings, MT 59101 (247-8676) or to the Mayor and City Council, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
The Zoning Commission and City Council will hear all persons wishing to speak relative to the proposed special review uses. Testimony regarding the above mentioned items may also be submitted in writing to the Planning Division, 2825 3 rd Avenue North, 4 th Floor, Miller Building, Billings, MT 59101 (247-8676) or to the Mayor and City Council, P.O. Box 1178, Billings, MT 59103.
Additional information on any of these items is available in the Planning and Community Services Office. 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 Tammy Deines, Planning Clerk, at 247-8610 or e-mail at deinest@ci.billings.mt.us