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NOTICING INSTRUCTIONS &
DECLARATION FORMNOTICING PROCEDURE
The applicant is responsible for posting the project site and mailing a notice per the requirements of the Bozeman Municipal
Code (BMC). Public noticing for comment periods or hearings and associated application information, timing, type, and location is
required by law per BMC Chapter 38.220. The following instructions are to be followed for project noticing. This handout provides
instructions for noticing your project, how to send mailings, and how to post on the project site.
If the project is not noticed according the requirements of the Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC), the project may be delayed if the
error is discovered during the review process or the project may be invalidated if an error is discovered following final approval.
The applicant is responsible for following the noticing instructions provided by the city and for providing accurate notice materials
as required by the BMC.
Community Development
Noticing Instructions Page 1 of 3 Revision Date: August 2020
POSTING ON THE SITE
The notice is posted via a notice sign board that is provided by the City. Multiple notice boards may be provided depending on
the project size and location, which is determined by the project planner. Please follow the directions below for posting the
project notice boards on site.
1. When the project is ready to be noticed, the City will prepare and provide the notice board(s) to be picked up by the
applicant/representative at the Community Development office at 20 E. Olive Street. You will receive an email when the
board is ready to be picked up. The project planner will provide all required elements of the notice to the applicant no less
than three days before the date the notice must be posted and mailed.
2. The notice board must be posted on the site by the end of business hours on the date that is identified on the notice posting
sheet.
3. The notice board(s) can be affixed to a stake, fence, exterior of building or window on primary facade. The notice board(s)
must be visible from the public right-of-way at an adequate height to be visible around any barriers and cannot be more than
15 feet behind the property boundary. Do not attach the board to a utility pole or any other object that is not located on the
property or owned by the property owner.
4. The applicant/representative must verify the posting date and take two pictures of the notice board(s) on the site. Evidence
of posting must be provided to the project planner within three days of the posting with notice declaration filled out
provided on the following page.
5. The notice board(s) must be removed and returned to the Community Development office no later than one month following
the project decision.
MAILING NOTICES
1. The City will provide the notice form for the mailings via email. The applicant/representative must print the notice two sided
in color and place them in envelopes with stamps with the City’s return address: City of Bozeman, PO Box 1230, Bozeman,
MT 59771.
2. If certified mailing is required for subdivisions, the applicant is required to pay for the certified mailings for all contiguous
property owners with the City of Bozeman as the return address.
3. The notice must be mailed to the adjoining property owners as identified on the notice by the end of the business date.
4. The applicant/representative must verify the mail date and certify that the notice was mailed through the notice declaration
form on the following page withing three days of the notice sent. This must be emailed to the project planner.
NOTICING INSTRUCTIONS &
DECLARATION FORM
Noticing Instructions Page 2 of 3 Revision Date: August 2020
NOTICE POST DECLARATION
This declaration is required to be completed for all projects requiring notice.
Name: ____________________________ Type: ____________________________ File No: ___________________
NOTICE POST DATE AND PHOTOGRAPHS
The project notice board was posted on the project site per the notice instructions on:
Month ___________________________Day ______________________________Year _________________________
Two photographs of the notice board(s) posted on site are provided below (insert .pdf photos in the space provided below)
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NOTICE MAILING DECLARATION
I, _____________________________________________, hereby certify that the notice board was posted on site and the project
notice was mailed to all adjoining property owners (including all condominium owners, within 200 feet of the property) located
at ________________________________________________________ on the dates specified above. I verify that the site was
posted and the project notice was mailed according to the dates noted on this form. I declare under penalty of perjury and under
the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct.
___________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Signature
CONTACT US
Alfred M. Stiff Professional Building
20 East Olive Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
phone 406-582-2260
fax 406-582-2263
planning@bozeman.net
www.bozeman.net/planning
NOTICE MAIL DATE
The project mail notice was prepared according to the notice instructions and placed into the US Mail on:
Month ___________________________Day ______________________________Year _________________________.
NOTICING INSTRUCTIONS &
DECLARATION FORM