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CITY ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA-Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 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
Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the Board meeting of February 6, 2018.
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:
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.
Special Review 962 - 896 S 29th Street West -This is a special review request to allow the location of an existing All-Beverage Liquor License with Gaming in a Controlled Industrial (CI) zone on Lot 1J of Block 2, Midland Subdivision, 4th Filing, a 1.91 acre parcel of land. Suite E is @1,525 square feet in an existing 22,704 square foot multi-tenant building. Tax ID: A28821. Presented by Monica Plecker, Planning Division Manager
b.
City Zone Change 963 – 4130 State Avenue – R-96 to NC – A zone change request from Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC) on the easterly 195.83 feet of that part of Lot 2 of the Subdivision of Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 26 East, a 24,643 square foot parcel of land. A pre-application neighborhood meeting was held on January 29, 2018, at the Southside Community Center, 901 S 30
th Street. Presented by Karen Husman, Planner I
Other Business/Announcements
Adjournment
The City Council has designated
Monday, March 26, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers as the time and place to hear testimony for or against the
special review and zone change.
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 (March 23, 2018) the first reading of the amendment by the City Council.
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 (March 23, 2018) the first reading of the amendment by the City Council.