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ORDINANCE NO. 1183
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, AMENDING SECTION 18.62.130 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL
CODE, PROVIDING FOR LANDSCAPING DESIGN STANDARDS IN
REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA.
I BE IT ORDAI NED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
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That Section 18.62.130 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
18.62.130 Design Staridards--Landscaping.
A. Definition: For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
1. "Access drive" means a private roadway providing a physical entrance to a
property.
2. "Gross parking lot area" means the area of all parking spaces and traffic aisles.
Access drives shall not be considered a part of the gross parking lot area.
3. "Landscaping" means any combination of living plants, such as trees, shrubs,
vines, ground covers, flowers or lawns; and may include natural features such as
decorative rock, stone and bark, and structural features including, but not limited
to, fountains, reflecting pools, art works, screen walls, fences and benches.
4. "Traffic aisle" means a traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking
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B. Required Yards: Not less than 75 percent of all required minimum front, side, and rear
yards on abutting streets or avenues, shall be landscaped as follows:
1. At least 75 percent of the landscaped yards shall have live, vegetative ground
cover of grass or other plant materials;
2. As an alternative to live vegetation, the remainder may be covered with rock,
stone, bark, etc., and other ornamental features;
3. Except, however, a lot meeting the minimum lot width requirement of the district in
which it is located may be permitted one (1) access drive, provided that the
additional landscaping necessary to satisfy the 75 percent landscaping requirement
is located in an area directly adjacent to the landscaped yard.
C. Interior Parking Lot Landscaping: Any parking lot providing more than 15 parking
spaces shall have, in addition to required yard landscaping, a minimum of six percent
(6%) of the interior of the gross parking lot landscaped as follows:
1. At least 75 percent of the interior parking lot landscaping shall have live,
vegetative ground cover of grass or other plant materials;
I 2. As an alternative to live vegetation, the remainder may be covered with rock,
stone, bark, and other Impermeable features, but may not Include access drives,
traffic aisles, parking spaces or sidewalks.
3. All required Interior parking lot landscaping shall be located within the gross
parking lot area. In no case shall such landscaping be provided as additional
front, side or rear yards. Wherever possible, the interior parking lot landscaping
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shall be utilized to facilitate, control and denote proper vehicular circulation
patterns.
4. In order to encourage the proper dispersion of the required interior parking lot
area landscaping, no required interior landscaping area shall be larger
than 200 square feet (see Figure 5). The minimum width of any landscaped area I
shall be five feet (see Figure 6). Except, however, the Planning Director may
waive either the 200 square feet maximum landscape size requirement or the
five-foot minimum width requirement, or both, if:
a. the internal parking lot landscaping provided is properly dispersed; and
b. the granting of the waiver and the resulting parking lot and landscaping
design:
1. establish improved vehicular circulation patterns; or
2. establish improved parking lot drainage; or
3. achieve better screening or other aesthetic purposes.
D. Trees: Trees shall be a major design element in all parking lots and shall include a
minimum of one (1) tree per three (3) parking spaces or fraction thereof. Tree size
shall be a minimum of one and one-half (1 1/2) inch in caliper for deciduous trees or a
minimum of four (4) feet in height for coniferous trees.
E. Maintenance: All landscaped areas shall be properly maintained at all times, kept free of
weeds, and in continuous healthy growth. A water irrigation system to sustain all live
landscape plantlngs shall be provided. I
F. Plan Approval: All landscaping plans for parking lots providing more than fifteen
parking spaces and/or required screening plans shall be approved by the Planning
Director prior to the issuance of a building permit.
PROVISIONALL Y PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, this 17th day of June 1985.
KENNETH L. WEAVER, Mayor
ATTEST:
ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the City Commission
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FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, this 1st day of July 1985.
I KENNETH L. WEAVER, Mayor
ATTEST:
ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the City Commission
State of Montana )
County of Gallatin : ss.
City of Bozeman )
I, Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1183 was published by title and number in the
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said
City, in the issue dated the 5th day of July 1985, and said proof of such publ ication is on
file in my office.
I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my
office this 16th day of July 1985.
I Clerk of the City Commission
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ORDINANCE NO. 1184
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AMENDING CHAPTER
13.28 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDING FOR RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR
THE CITY OF BOZEMAN SEWER UTILITY DIVISION; REPEAL OF SECTIONS
13.36.120 AND 13.36.130 OF CHAPTER 13.36 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL
CODE; AND REPEAL OF CHAPTER 13.40.
PREAMBLE I
The purpose of this amendment is to expand the rules and regulations for the
operation of the sewage disposal system in compliance with the Environmental
Protection Agency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
Section 1
That Chapter 13.28 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
13.28.010 Purpose and policy.
13.28.020 Definitions.
13..28.030 Abbreviations.
13.28.040 Discharge prohibitions.
13.28.050 Water dischargers.
13.28.060 Permit required for connection or use.
13.28.070 Sand and grease traps.
13.28.080 Construction and materials standards. I
13.28.090 Use of old building sewers permitted when.
13.28.100 Building sewer--Location.
13.28.110 Building sewer--Excavations.
13.28.120 Building sewer--Connection to system--Specifications.
13.28.130 Bui Iding sewer--I nspection requi rements.
13.28.140 Connection to public sewer required when.
13.28.150 Private sewage disposal facilities--Restrlctions.
13.28.160 Discharge of unpolluted waters to sanitary sewer prohibited unless approved.
13.28.170 Connecting downspouts or drains to building sewer prohibited when.
13.28.180 Special ag reements for sewage treatment.
13.28.190 National categorical pretreatment standards.
13.28.200 State requirements.
13.28.210 Excessive discharge.
13.28.220 Accidental discharges--Notice to employees.
13.28.230 Wastewater classification survey.
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13.28.240 Industrial discharge permit.
13.28.250 Monitoring facilities.
13.28.260 Sampling and analysis.
13.28.270 Reporting requirements.
13.28.280 Suspension and revocation of permit.
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