HomeMy WebLinkAboutUDC Top Edits Handout 9-17-2025 Bozeman Development Code Replacement - Top Edits Handout
Proposed Draft regulations and zoning map available at engage.bozeman.net/udc.
Top Formatting, Layout, and Organization Edits Updated Sept. 17, 2025
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Each zoning district portrayed in two parts, one portion for lot information, and one portion
for building information with high level key standards. Divisions 38.210, 38.220, 38.230
❖ All uses grouped into a single table for all districts for ease of comparison. Section 38.300.020
Standards in each district connected by hyperlinked references to Rules of Interpretation
••• which provide additional details applicable to each standard. Example 38.210.020
❖ 1 Increased graphics to illustrate standards. Example 38.260.110
❖ Wording revised to use less technical and formal language.
Document reorganized to place administrative processes at the end and district and use
••• information in the beginning.Article 7-Permits, Legislative Actions And Procedures
Top Process Edits
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Replacement of criteria required for adoption or amendments to the text or zoning map to
J match changed state law. -Division 38.770
.� Administrative appeals process changed to two steps,first to Community Development Board
and then to City Commission to meet state law.-Section 38.760.030
.� Noticing of individual site development projects changed to comply with state law; noticing
J for text and map amendments increases. -Division 38.730
.� Review of individual site development or subdivision no longer includes advisory board input.
Divisions 38.740 and 38.750
Top Standards Edits
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❖ Deleted the R-O and UMU zoning districts -Section 38.200.020
❖ Removed residential minimum lot size requirement-Division 38.210
�,= Minimum residential density increased with some exceptions for existing lots-Division
38.210,Section 38.260.030
Revised height standards for the RA and RB districts to establish "wall plate" limitations on
••• height—Sections 38.210.020, 38.210.030, and 38.260.100
Expand allowance for existing buildings in RA to have up to four dwellings under certain
conditions in response to public comment—Sections 38.300.020 and 38.320.030
Expanded allowed non-residential uses(ex.services, retail, restaurant) in the RB, RC, and RD
districts with specific limiting standards—Section 38.300.020 and Division 38.320
Non-residential parking—simplified, mixed uses given more flexibility, some revisions to meet
new state law—Section 38.530.040
Non-residential parking—Some areas do not require minimum parking, removal of parking
alternatives, parking categories consolidated and simplified—Section 38.530.040
Residential parking revised to two stage implementation and reduced amounts to conform to
new state law—Section 38.530.040
❖ Short-and long-term bicycle parking standards established—Section 38.530.070
❖ Revised the building height transitions between zoning districts—Section 38.260.070
Transportation impact study content,functional standards, and mitigation criteria—Sections
38.400.060, 38.710.050
Block frontage has been mostly merged into the basic district standards and rules of
interpretation—Article 2 and Division 38.520
Integrated 3 separately approved amendments for short-term rentals, affordable rental
housing, and watercourses and wetlands—38.320.060, 38.340, 38.610, and 38.620
❖ Adjusted wording in response to public comments on multiple issues—various locations
Top Zoning Map Edits
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Creation of the B-3C zoning district to match the Downtown Historic District (Downtown along
Main and between Grand and Rouse)
Show the RA district(consolidation of previous IRS, R1, and R2 districts)Sections 38.200.020,
38.300.020
Show the RB district(renamed from R3),the RC district (renamed from R4), and the RD district
(renamed from R5)
❖ Revise map to reduce midblock zoning district boundaries
❖ Public Land and Institutions (PLI) applied for parks &schools previously shown as other zones
y_� ❖ B-2M replacing some areas of B2 along the Main Street corridor
Corrected inconsistencies between zoning map and future land use map from Bozeman
Community Plan 2020.
❖ Some map changes per Commission direction in response to public requests.
Other policy or code amendment projects are underway and will be completed after UDC is adopted
• Landmark project (revisions to historic preservation & NCOD regulations &guidelines)
• Park standards updates (implementation of PRAT plan)
• Urban Forest Management Plan update
• Integrated Water Resources Plan update
Source of amendment key:
Revision to comply with state law
❖ Revision to advance local adopted planning documents