HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Public Hearing 12-02-2025 PowerPointCity Commission December 2, 2025
UDC Update
City Commission Public Hearing
Engage.bozeman.net/udc
•Introduction
•Code Overview
•Criteria for decision
•Recommendations
•Q&A with City Commission
•Public Comment
•Discussion and decision
Hearing Outline
Chapter 38, UDC Update
Engage Bozeman website
•Draft released on Sept 19th with posting on project website
Public informed through multiple channels
•City Commission presentation Sept 23rd
•Public open houses to introduce draft on Oct 1st, online
and in person.
•INC presentation on Oct 9th
•Community Development Board work session on Oct 20th
•Commission work sessions on Nov. 10th and 18th
•Newspaper notice six times beginning on 9/20/2025.
•Community Dev. Board and City Commission Packets
Draft Availability for Review
Provisional Adoption (first reading) - December 2nd
Final Adoption (2nd reading) - December 16th
Effective Date - Minimum of 30 days after final adoption
Staff recommends effective date of February 1, 2026
Adoption Process Current Schedule
•Community education
•Commission, Boards, and Public
•Transition for applications already in review
•MLUPA – standards apply when application is deemed
complete (adequacy)
•Effective date of adopting ordinance is threshold
•Determination of complete submittal is made by DRC
What Comes After Adoption
•Introduction
•Code Overview
•Criteria for decision
•Recommendations
•Q&A with City Commission
•Public Comment
•Discussion and decision
Hearing Outline
•Removed minimum lot size in residential districts
•Wall plate height standard introduced & revised
•Increased minimum densities in residential districts
•Zone edge transitions expanded
•Expanded allowed commercial uses in RB, RC, RD
•Up to 4-plex allowed in RA for infill (35 yr old) buildings
•Parking:
•Simplified non-residential parking
•Reduced residential parking to meet new State Law, eff. 10/1/26
•Height measured in feet (2023 draft was stories)
•TIS content, standards, mitigation criteria
Top Code Standards Edits
Housing Support Alternatives
(a) allow, as a permitted use, for at least a duplex where a single-unit dwelling is permitted;
(b) zone for higher density housing near transit stations, places of employment, higher education facilities,
and other appropriate population centers, as determined by the local government;
(c) eliminate or reduce off-street parking requirements to require no more than one parking space per
dwelling unit;
(d) eliminate impact fees for accessory dwelling units or developments that include multi-unit dwellings or
reduce the fees by at least 25%;
(e) allow, as a permitted use, for at least one internal or detached accessory dwelling unit on a lot with a
single-unit dwelling occupied as a primary residence;
(f) allow for single-room occupancy developments;
(g) allow, as a permitted use, a triplex or fourplex where a single-unit dwelling is permitted;
(h) eliminate minimum lot sizes or reduce the existing minimum lot size required by at least 25%;
(i) eliminate aesthetic, material, shape, bulk, size, floor area, and other massing requirements for multi-unit
dwellings (5+ homes in one building) or mixed-use developments or remove at least half of those
requirements;
(j) provide for zoning that specifically allows or encourages the development of tiny houses, as defined in
Appendix Q of the International Residential Code as it was printed on January 1, 2023;
(k) eliminate setback requirements or reduce existing setback requirements by at least 25%;
(l) increase building height limits for dwelling units by at least 25%;
(n) allow multi-unit dwellings as a permitted use on all lots where triplexes or fourplexes are permitted
uses.
(m) allow multi-unit dwellings or mixed-use development as a permitted use on all lots where office, retail,
or commercial are primary permitted uses; or
Current Code Proposed Draft
R-S Residential Suburban District R-A Residential Low
R-1 Residential Low Density District R-B Residential Low-Medium
R-2 Residential Moderate Density District R-C Residential Medium
R-3 Residential Medium Density District R-D Residential High
R-4 Residential High Density District B-1 Neighborhood Mixed-Use
R-5 Residential Mixed-Use High Density District B-2 Community Business
R-O Residential-Office District B-2M Community Mixed-Use
RMH Residential Manufactured Home Community District B-3 Downtown Mixed Use
B-1 Neighborhood Business District B-3C Downtown Mixed-Use Core
B-2 Community Business District REMU Residential Emphasis Mixed Use
B-2M Community Business District - Mixed NEHMU Northeast Historic Mixed-Use
B-3 Downtown Business District B-P Business Park
UMU Urban Mixed-Use District M-1 Light Manufacturing
M-1 Light Manufacturing District M-2 Manufacturing and Industrial
M-2 Manufacturing and Industrial District PLI Public Lands and Institutions
B-P Business Park District NCOD Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District
PLI Public Lands and Institutions District PDZ Planned Development Zone
NEHMU Northeast Historic Mixed-Use District
NC Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District
REMU Residential Emphasis Mixed-use District
PDZ Planned Development Zone
Existing and Proposed Zoning Districts
Zoning Map Tables
Current Zoning Map
DISTRICT NAME ACRES
B-1 72.8
B-2 1,308.4
B-2M 413.5
B-3 152.0
BP 171.2
M-1 951.8
M-2 555.7
NEHMU 40.0
PDZ 44.1
PLI 2,107.6
R-1 1,747.8
R-2 873.4
R-3 2,110.0
R-4 973.3
R-5 261.4
R-MH 123.4
R-O 406.6
R-S 956.7
REMU 812.2
UMU 37.9
Proposed Zoning Map
DISTRICT NAME ACRES
B-1 157.0
B-2 1,000.5
B-2M 982.2
B-3 122.2
B-3C 24.3
BP 45.4
NEHMU 40.0
PLI 3,127.4
PDZ 44.1
M-1 835.7
M-2 547.6
RA 3,273.1
RB 1,949.7
RC 874.7
RD 248.3
REMU 859.2
•Correct inconsistencies between the future land use map and the zoning map.
•Revise zoning map in accordance with consolidated zoning districts.
•Remove where practical mid-block zoning district boundaries, especially those between non-residential and residential districts.
Zoning Map Overall Edits
•Residential Zone combination
•RS, R1, R2 = RA
•R3 = RB
•R4 = RC
•R5 = RD
•Deleted R-O & UMU districts
•Eliminated RMH district (State Law)
•Created B-3C to match Downtown Historic District
•B-2M replaced some areas of B2 along Main Street
•Some public requested zone changes by CC direction
Zoning Map Edits
•Introduction
•Code Overview
•Criteria for decision
•Recommendations
•Q&A with City Commission
•Public Comment
•Discussion and decision
Hearing Outline
o 76-25-104 Planning Commission
o 76-25-106 Public Participation
•Engagement Plan
•Notice
•Opportunity to comment and participate
o 76-25-201 Adoption or amendment of land use plan and future land use mapCompleted October 28, 2025
76-25 Part 1, MCA
Criteria of Review Part 1
76-25-203 Existing conditions and population projections
76-25-207 Local services and facilities
76-25-208 Economic development
76-25-209 Natural resources, environment, and hazards
76-25-213 Land use and future land use map
76-25-302 Encouragement of development of housing.
76-25-304 New or Increased impacts
76-25-304, MCA Authority to adopt local zoning regulations.Substantial compliance with land use plan including:
Criteria of Review Part 2
76-25-203 Existing conditions and population projections
76-25-206 Housing
76-25-207 Local services and facilities
76-25-208 Economic development
76-25-209 Natural resources, environment, and hazards
76-25-213 Land use and future land use map
76-25-403 New or increased impacts
76-25-403, MCA Adoption And Amendment Of Subdivision
RegulationsSubstantial compliance with the land use plan and zoning regulations to address:
Criteria of Review Part 3
•Introduction
•Code Overview
•Criteria for decision
•Recommendations
•Q&A with City Commission
•Public Comment
•Discussion and decision
Hearing Outline
•Commission work sessions
(7 in ’22-23, 7 in ‘24-’25)
•Community Development
Board (25)
•Neighborhood Associations
•Project website (39,140)
•Advisory Boards (9 in ‘22-
‘23, 5 in ’25)
•Surveys (4)
•In-person Intercepts
•Chat Kits
•Open houses (8)
•Workshops (6)
•Written comments (1k+)
•Public hearing oral
comments
•Webinars (5)
•Email
•Website news posts
•Agendas
•Community groups
•INC (4)
•Media (60)
•Class presentations
Engagement and Participation Overview
Public Outreach
Work Sessions
Public Comment
•Weblinks provided in staff report to Laserfiche connects to
email and other written comments over entire UDC
project.
•Project website has documentation from surveys,
workshops, links to email comment archive, and other
engagement conveying comments
•Twenty-one speakers at Community Development Board
hearing on Nov. 3rd. Board closed public comment and
began Board discussion and decision.
•Written comments continued to be accepted for
Commission hearing.
Public Comment
•Topics - Nov 3rd and later
•Dwellings per structure in RA, RB, RC districts
•Centennial and BonTon requested zoning map changes
•Standards for fraternities and sororities
•Minimum densities
•Zone edge transitions
•Parking
•Parkland
•Historic preservation
•B-3 zoning along Curtiss between Black Ave and Tracy Ave
•Midtown zoning designations
•Community Development Board
•12 suggested revisions to the text
•3 suggested revisions to the zoning map
•Staff
•6 suggested revisions to the text post Nov 3rd.
Recommendations
Recommended Motion: Having reviewed and considered the staff report, draft ordinance, public comment, recommendation of the Community Development Board, and all information presented, I hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report for application 21381 and move to provisionally adopt Ordinance 2151.
•Introduction
•Code Overview
•Criteria for decision
•Recommendations
•Q&A with City Commission
•Public Comment
•Discussion and decision
Hearing Outline
•Memos attached to Packet and Engage Bozeman
Recommendations
•Replacement to purpose statement for NEHMU district
•38.220.010.G Purpose
CDB Recommendation Action 1
•Revision to increase restaurant size in NEHMU 2,500 to 3,000 sq. ft.
•38.320.090.D General Retail Uses
CDB Recommendation Action 2
•Reduction in minimum ground floor height B1, B2, B2M, B3, REMU, and NEHMU - 15 to 12 feet.
•38.220.020 B-1 Local Service Mixed Use
•38.220.030 B-2 Community Business
•38.220.040 B-2M Community Mixed Use
•38.220.050 B-3 Downtown Mixed Use
•38.220.070 REMU Residential Emphasis Mixed Use
•38.220.080 NEHMU Northeast Historic Mixed Use
CDB Recommendation Action 3
•Revision to minimum residential density
•38.210.020-050 (RA-RD)
•38.220.070-080 ( REMU and NEHMU)
CDB Recommendation Actions 4 & 5
District Current Draft CDB RecommendationRA5 (net)10 6RB5 (net)12 8RC8 (net)18 10RD8 (gross)24 14REMUNone2414NEHMUNone108
•Revision to wall plate height standard to address shed roof configuration with alternative measurement criteria.
•38.260.100.B.4 Vertical Massing
CDB Recommendation Action 6
CDB Recommendation Action 7
•Revise transitions so Subject lot is allowed a height without transition equal to the allowed height of the abutting lot.
•Revise Table 38.260.070-1 to correlate with other changes in the draft re: building heights.
•38.260.070 Transition
X varies from 5-14 feet depending on adjacency to an alley and transition type.5’14’60’
•Revision to required façade articulation
•38.520.040 Building Massing & Articulation
•Non-Residential
•Set two minimum requirements and require 2 of 8 options
•Revise exceptions so modified standard applies on non-street facades.
•Residential
•Require roofline changes in RC and RD districts as part of 3 of 10 alternatives.
•Departure criteria to distinguish allowed flexibility by district.
•Roofline modulation to include minimum façade projection.
CDB Recommendation Action 8
•Revision to Sketch Plan review process to allow construction of an additional duplex on an existing infill lot with review as Sketch Plan.
•38.740.060 Sketch plan review
CDB Recommendation Action 9
•Revision to maximum units per building in the RC district. Allow affordable housing projects using affordable housing incentives an exemption from 24 dwelling per building limit.
•38.340.040 AHO Incentives
CDB Recommendation Action 10
•Revision to remove requirement for Street Facing Entrances
•38.210 Residential Districts
•38.220 Commercial and Mixed-Use Districts
•38.230 Industrial Districts
•38.260.150 Entrances
CDB Recommendation Action 11
•Retain language balancing requirements for compliance with code standards
•38.410.010 General standards
•A. Conformance (all standards)
•B. Natural Environment
•C. Lands unsuitable for development
CDB Recommendation Action 14
•Revision regarding Fraternities and Sororities
•B.7 Fraternities and sororities
•Revise assembly space requirement to have minimum of 70 persons instead of 40
•Revise to require single room to meet requirement for assembly area
•38.320.040 Group residential uses
CDB Recommendation Action 15
•Revisions recommended by Staff (Nov 3rd)
•Various sections listed by section and page included in the materials.
CDB Recommendation Action 16
•Revision to window requirements in the RA district. Coordinate with revisions to 38.260.140.A.2.b. (Staff rec. D)
•38.210.020.B.5 Windows
Staff Recommendation A
•Revision to calculation of build-to requirement
•Measurement based on building and not width of the parcel adjacent to the street
•38.260.080 Frontage
Staff Recommendation B
•Revision to clarify wording regarding parking location in setbacks in residential districts. Ensure consistency between sections on setbacks and parking locations.
•38.210.020 to 38.210.040 RA-RC districts
•38.260.090 Parking location
Staff Recommendation C
•Revision to transparency requirements. Clarify application of the standard to exempt single dwelling through 4 plex including townhomes and rowhomes
•38.210.020.B RA District
•38.260.140 Windows
Staff Recommendation D
•Revision to language regarding easements. Return draft to existing language in code until opportunity for further review
•38.410.060.D Easements for agricultural water
user facilities
Staff Recommendation E
•Noticing for demolition to coordinate with existing language until review and revision with the Landmark project now underway
•Table 38.730.020-1 Add demolition to non-
ministerial category of review
Staff Recommendation F
•Revisions Zone Map Amendment – CentennialCDB Recommendation Action 12
Draft Map
PLI RA
RC R4
Current Map
PLI
R5
•Revisions Zone Map Amendment - BonTonCDB Recommendation Action 13
B-3
RA
4th AveWillson AveOlive St
Story St
Draft Map B-3
Willson Ave4th AveStory St
Olive StCurrent Map
•Revisions Zone Map Amendment - BonTonCDB Recommendation Action 13
•Revisions recommended by Staff (Nov 3rd)
•One map change for future land use map compliance
CDB Recommendation Action 15
Revised Map
B2M
REMU
R5
B2M
PLI
Initial Map
Zoning Map B-3 Edge Changes
Old Boundary New Boundary
Zoning Map
FLUM and existing B-3 Zoning Boundary Historic District & existing B-3 Zoning Boundary