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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Mass, Districts, Uses follow-up Work Session 8-26-2025City Commission August 19, 2025UDC UpdateUse, Mass and ScaleFollow-Up Work SessionEngage.bozeman.net/udc Project Resource Work Session Outline• Presentation by staff• Questions by City Commission• Public Comment• Direction by City Commission Follow-Up ItemsUses Special standards for uses within districts Staff recommendation: RC and RDUses:• General Service• Health & Exercise, • Personal Service• Restaurant• Retail, less than 40,000 sf (actual size will be further limited by zone)Principal use review for added usesIncrease allowed size of non-residential uses in the RC & RD districts by 500 sq. ft Staff recommendation: NEHMUUses:Principal use review for added usesIncrease allowed size of non-residential uses NEHMU district by 1,000 sq. ft. where currently cappedMooted:Ordinance 2168 authorized apartments as a principal use (adopted 10-31-2024). Height – existing is 50 feet, Commission earlier directed returned to measured feet rather than stories.Already recommending expansion of size of allowed uses. Fraternities / Sororities Staff recommendation:• Accept suggested definition in memo• Accept suggested standards for assembly space and related parking in memo Fraternity and Sorority Fraternity and Sorority R-2R-1PLIMSU Follow-Up ItemsMass and Scale Wall Plate Height Staff recommendation:• 25 feet wall plate height in RA• Distinguish between RA and RB in wall plate height• Suggest increasing RB wall plate to allow three full stories as in existing code – 32-34 feet• Clarify application of wall plate to side setbacks vs front and rear Roof Type: Front GableTotal Height: 40’Max wall plate height: 25’Note: 3rdfloor is within the roofline of the building, meets new R-B requirements25’ Wall Plate Roof Type: GambrelTotal Height: 40’Max wall plate height:25’Note: 3rdfloor is within the roofline of the building, meets new R-B requirements25’ Wall Plate Building Height Staff recommendation:• Retain existing maximum heights in residential districts• Determine maximum height in B3 to address recommendations in the Downtown Improvement Plan • Translation of height process – direct copy of existing heights in non-residential districts, if variable then go to the highest. Graduated Square Footage Cap for Homes Staff recommendation:• Do not adopt graduated square foot cap• Do establish standards to allow additional dwellings in a single RA building if:oNot more than 4 total dwellings per structureoBuilding must be at least 35 years oldoExpansion associated with additional dwellings not more than 25% of total existing building area• Continue proposed standard 38.260.030 to avoid reduction of number of homes on site Commission Direction Commission Direction RequestedConcur with staff recommendations?• Special standards for non-residential uses in districts• Fraternities/Sororities• Wall plate height• Building height• Graduated SF Cap / Existing Building AlternativeAlternative direction by topic?