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4. Regulation of lights;
5. Requirement of financial security or other guarantees for cleanup or removal of structure or
equipment; and/or
6. Such other conditions deemed necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.
Sec. 38.740.060. - Sketch plan review.
A. Sketch plan submittal requirements.
1. Certain development applications (i.e., not in conjunction with other development) are required
to submit only sketch plans which include the information specified in 38.710.100. Sketch plan
review may be conducted as part of building permit review or as an independent application.
2. Separate construction plans and compliance with landscaping and irrigation requirements
outlined in the most recent version of the City of Bozeman Landscape and Irrigation Performance
and Design Standards manual are required for building permits when the proposal requires such
permits. Additional information is also necessary when the proposal requires the issuance of a
certificate of appropriateness (see 38.710.080 and 38.740.070).
3. Projects and activities that qualify for sketch plan review are:
a. Individual single-unit dwellings.
b. Adding one duplex on an infill site.
c. Individual duplex, triplex, and fourplex residential unit structures, or a multi-unit dwelling with
not more than 8 dwellings on individual lots and independent of other site development.
d. Accessory dwelling units.
e. Group living for eight or fewer persons on a single lot.
f. Fences which do not comply with 38.540.060.A.
g. Signs in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
h. Grading of sites, including regulated activities in areas with regulated wetlands, not in
conjunction with a land development proposal and disturbing more than one-eighth but less
than one-half acre, or movement of more than 30 but less than 100 cubic yards of material,
or cut or fill of less than one cumulative foot, whichever is less;
i. Special temporary uses per 38.740.050;
j. Reuse, change in use, or further development of sites per 38.740.130;
k. Essential services Type II primarily underground with no above ground structures larger than
400 square feet and accessory structures associated with these uses.
1. Permitted activities in regulated flood hazard areas (i.e. floodplain permits) not in association
with a development proposal qualifying as a site plan or subdivision.
m. Other similar projects may be determined by the community development director to require
only sketch plan review.
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4. The community development director may determine submittal requirements in addition to
those in 38.710.100. Projects which do not require sketch plan review may still require review and
permitting for non-zoning issues.
B. Sketch plan review procedures.
1. No certificate of appropriateness required.
Sketch plans for projects which do not require a certificate of appropriateness must be submitted
to the community development department for a determination of compliance with the
requirements of this chapter. Once compliance is achieved, the application will be approved
for construction. In determining whether compliance is achieved the community development
department must consider the individual circumstances of the site when the development is
subject to 38.740.130.
2. Certificate of appropriateness required.
Sketch plans, including the material required by 38.710.100, and such additional information as
may be required for projects which require a certificate of appropriateness as per 38.740.070
must be submitted to the community development department, who must review the proposal
for compliance with this chapter, including compliance with the applicable overlay district
requirements. Once compliance is achieved, the application will be approved for construction or
referred to the appropriate permitting authorities.
C. Sketch plan review criteria.
Sketch plans must be reviewed for compliance with all applicable requirements of this chapter
including overlay district requirements and the cessation of any current violations of this chapter.
Determination of compliance may also consider lawful nonconforming conditions per 38.790. Plan
changes may be required. Where appropriate, the city may approve a sketch plan with restrictions
which limit the duration of the use.
Sec. 38.740.070. - Certificates of appropriateness—Additional review
procedures and review criteria.
A. Review procedures and criteria for certificates of appropriateness.
1. Certificates of appropriateness must be issued according to procedures and criteria specified in
38.710.080 and 38.240.020, in addition to this section.
2. Sign proposals which specifically conform to the requirements of this chapter must be reviewed
according to procedures and criteria outlined in 38.550.
B. Demolition or movement of historic structures or sites located outside of the
neighborhood conservation overlay district.
1. Demolition or movement of historic structures or sites located outside of the neighborhood
conservation overlay district must be reviewed according to procedures and criteria outlined in
38.240.020.1.
2. Certificates of appropriateness must be issued according to procedures and criteria specified in
38.710.080 and 38.240.020, as applicable, in addition to this article.
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