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Home My WebLink About07-11-17 - Joint ZC & PB Minutes Joint City Planning Board and Zoning Commission Tuesday, July 11th, 2017 6:00 PM City Commission Chamber – 121 N. Rouse Avenue A. 06:07:53 PM (00:00:37) Call meeting to order Present Were:  Jerry Pape (PB)  Dan Stevenson (ZC)  Lauren Waterton (PB)  Henry Happel (PB)  Chair Paul Neubauer (PB)  George Thompson (ZC/PB)  Eric Garberg (ZC)  Commissioner Chris Mehl (PB) B. Changes to the Agenda C. 06:14:00 PM (00:06:44) Approve Joint Meeting Minutes  5.16.2017 MOTION to approve minutes from 5/16/2017 minutes MOTION SECONDED VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passed D. Public Comment – Please state your name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record. This is the time for individuals to comment on matters falling within the purview of the Committee. There will also be an opportunity in conjunction with each action item for comments pertaining to that item. Please limit your comments to three minutes. 06:08:39 PM (00:01:23) Chris Naumann, Executive Director of the Downtown Business Partnership, commented regarding the UDC Update. He represented the Business Improvement District and Downtown Business Renewal District, submitting a document that addressed topics including: adding “Downtown” to all titles indicating importance, addressing transition between zones (p. 13 in the UDC), townhomes and rowhomes, changes in where parkland fees from Downtown businesses are spent, etc. 06:14:28 PM (00:07:12) Chair Neubauer spoke to the board members, cautioning against violating rules of decorum, stating that if members were insulting other board members or individuals specifically, they would not be permitted to continue. E. 06:19:10 PM (00:11:58) Action Items 1. UDC Public Hearing (Rogers) 06:21:04 PM (00:13:48) Planner Tom Rogers reviewed the process for adopting the updated Unified Development Code (UDC). Rogers reiterated that each Planning Board and Zoning Commission will make recommendations to the City Commission. 06:27:50 PM (00:20:36) Zoning Commission: MOTION: As a Zoning Commissioner having reviewed and considered the proposed ordinance, public comment and all the information presented for application 15230, I move to recommend adoption of Ordinance 1978: Erik Garberg MOTION SECONDED: George Thompson 06:28:42 PM (00:21:26) Planning Board: MOTION: As a Planning Board member having reviewed and considered the proposed ordinance, public comment and all the information presented for application 15230, I move to recommend adoption of Ordinance 1978: Henry Happel MOTION SECONDED: Lauren Waterton 06:31:07 PM (00:23:51) Motion to include projects in the Design Review Board when along a zoning district boundary between R1, R2 or otherwise zoned property currently in residential use and B1, B2, B3, M1, M2 or MU. Parameters would include projects of substantial size, 30+ dwelling units or 30+ parking spaces along a zoned interface boundary (proposed addition to p.82 38.230.040) MOTION SECONDED: Commissioner Mehl DISCUSSION… 06:56:07 PM (00:48:51) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 06:58:09 PM (00:50:53) Zoning Commission VOTE: 1 for; 2 against ‐‐ Motion Fails 07:00:18 PM (00:53:02) Board members and staff discussed how to proceed with deliberation and motions to ensure thoroughness for each issue raised. 07:09:58 PM (01:02:42) Board Member Happel voiced concerns regarding a letter received from design professionals. Happel felt that the design professionals should have the opportunity to have their views heard. Happel noted that there had been a significant improvement over where the UDC draft was before, but that they should slow down so that they can take their time. Board Member Dan Stevenson supported this statement. Members continued to discuss whether they should support the document as a whole in order to provide more time for changes. 07:18:36 PM (01:11:20) Chair Neubauer spoke to his objective in this process as the Chair of the board and the process thus far. Neubauer stated that there were many opportunities for the development professionals to have input during the workshops prior to their letter. He recommended that they proceed with the input they’re able to provide regarding the UDC. 07:53:20 PM (01:29:54) Planning Board and Zoning Commission resume after a break. 07:53:57 PM (01:30:31) Regarding a 28 feet height requirement in B3 zoning, Board member Waterton recommended making an amendment which would request Planning staff to take into consideration the Downtown Associations comments regarding item #3: transitions between zones and additional consideration with the required height, increasing the 28 feet restriction to measure in a number of floors rather than a specific height (p. 213‐214 of the UDC draft). 07:58:54 PM (01:35:28) Motion to amend the motion to add a request to staff to favorably study the letter from the Downtown Association with regard to item #3 transition between zones regarding additional height bonus within the residential side. MOTION SECONDED: Jerry Pape Discussion… 08:01:00 PM (01:37:34) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 08:01:25 PM (01:37:59) Zoning Commission VOTE: 2 for; 1 against ‐‐ Motion Passes 08:01:51 PM (01:38:25) Chair Neubauer discussed his proposed changes to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). He recommended that maximum square footage remain at 800 sq. ft. and remove line #2 on p. 248, which is a ratio requirement. 08:06:15 PM (01:42:50) Motion for ADUs, in all residential zoning districts, to have a maximum square footage of 800 sq. ft. and to remove line 2 on p. 248 which refers to a ratio. MOTION SECONDED Discussion… 08:10:46 PM (01:47:20) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 08:10:54 PM (01:47:28) Zoning Commission VOTE: 2 for; 1 against ‐‐ Motion Passes 08:11:19 PM (01:47:53) Motion to eliminate the table on p. 245 which provides setback requirements for garages on alleys as they serve no public purpose: Henry Happel MOTION SECONDED Discussion… 08:13:28 PM (01:50:02) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 08:13:42 PM (01:50:17) Zoning Commission VOTE: All in Favor ‐‐ Motion Passes 08:14:18 PM (01:50:53) Board member Thompson discussed cottage housing and suggested that it not be considered specifically affordable housing. 08:15:40 PM (01:52:14) Motion to remove the affordable requirement (p. 253: section C) for cottage housing. MOTION SECONDED Discussion… 08:22:26 PM (01:59:01) Board members discussed how removing the affordable housing piece would change cottage housing. 08:27:19 PM (02:03:54) Planning Board VOTE: 2 for; 5 against – Motion Fails 08:27:45 PM (02:04:19) Zoning Commission VOTE: 2 for; 1 against – Motion Passes 08:28:11 PM (02:04:45) Motion to make it possible to put garages on the front of houses on duplexes and townhomes without regard for where the front door is located as can be seen in existing design in Bozeman to promote affordability and to charge staff with dismantling, authoring or otherwise modifying the code so that the examples provided become easily possible. MOTION SECONDED 08:33:31 PM (02:10:05) Discussion… 08:46:22 PM (02:22:56) Amended Motion to request that staff facilitate the necessary authorship to remove impediments to the creation of the types of housing described with certain examples being anything built by Dan Rosengreen on Merriweather, on 25th, any applicable HRDC projects to encourage affordable housing. Included is the requirement that such executions not create tremendous amounts of garage block face through a series of possible recommended deviations to prevent that from happening. Examples including any of the Rosengren construction, tented garages, changes in structural face of roof lines, etc. The strict interpretation is that you can build a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, 2 car garage with 2 parking spaces on the pad in front. 08:47:59 PM (02:24:33) MOTION SECONDED Discussion… 08:51:58 PM (02:28:32) Planning Board VOTE: 6 for; 1 against – Motion Passes 08:52:18 PM (02:28:52) Zoning Commission VOTE: 2 for; 1 against – Motion Passes 08:54:05 PM (02:30:42) Changes in trigger for site improvements is discussed (p. 366) 08:54:11 PM (02:30:46) Motion to direct staff to favorably review reducing the triggers to incentivize redevelopment, particularly within tif districts: Eric Garberg 08:56:55 PM (02:33:29) Board member Pape offered a friendly amendment suggestion to the motion, recommending encouraging incremental investment that would progress improvements. 08:59:07 PM (02:35:41) Pape retracted his friendly amendment and supported Garberg’s original motion. 08:59:22 PM (02:35:57) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 08:59:35 PM (02:36:09) Zoning Commission VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:00:06 PM (02:36:40) Board member Lauren Waterton asked for clarification on p. 383: Item J regarding special residential block frontage standards along sidewalks and internal pathways. Planner Tom Rogers responded with an example of where this would apply. 09:06:33 PM (02:43:08) Waterton voiced concern regarding the amount of screening required for a drive through lane. It requires a planting strip at least 5 feet wide with a continuous planting of evergreen shrubs and/or trees that will provide continuous evergreen screen of at least 4 feet at maturity. (p.397: item 3a) 09:07:21 PM (02:43:55) Motion to direct staff to modify that language to reduce screening to something more applicable to a normal parking lot: Lauren Waterton Discussion… 09:12:40 PM (02:49:19) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:12:51 PM (02:49:26) Zoning Commission VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:13:20 PM (02:49:55) Motion to modify wording from “locate and shield” to minimize sounds and reduce impacts to adjacent residentially zoned properties to read: “locate, orient and shield” to minimize sounds and reduce impacts to “nearby residential properties”. (p.404: #b.5 & p.407: #e.4) MOTION SECONDED Discussion… Friendly amendment to remove typo (extra “2) Friendly amendment to change wording to “all zones”: Jerry Pape 09:18:50 PM (02:55:25) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:18:57 PM (02:55:31) Zoning Commission VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:19:32 PM (02:56:06) Motion to direct staff to establish industry based working groups with local design and construction community with the goal of affectively codifying sound planning and design guidance while striking a balance to not be overly prescriptive, specific to Article #5.: Dan Stevenson 09:20:12 PM (02:56:47) Stevenson commended the Planning staff, stating that 80‐90% of the UDC is an awesome document, but that the public comment received opened his eyes to the fact that it may be going too far in some of the design prescription, using Lauren’s drive through as an example. He wanted to prevent pushing design professionals into a corner that challenges their creativity and their ability to problem solve with enough room to end up with the best product that Bozeman deserves. 09:21:35 PM (02:58:09) Board member Pape suggested a friendly amendment to Stevenson’s motion. Discussion… 09:30:25 PM (03:07:00) Board member Waterton recommended limiting Stevenson’s Article 5 amendment to Section 38.530. Stevenson accepted this as a friendly amendment. 09:33:59 PM (03:10:33) Planning Board VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes 09:34:08 PM (03:10:42) Zoning Commission VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Passes F. 09:34:30 PM (03:11:09) FYI/Discussion G. 09:35:40 PM (03:12:14) Adjournment For more information please contact Tom Rogers at TRogers@bozeman.net This board generally meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. 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