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Water Rights Analysis
South University District Phase 3
Subdivision Master Plan MOD
General Information
The South University District Phase 3 Subdivision (Plat J-695) encompasses approximately
74.88 acres within the City of Bozeman, generally located at the southeast corner of South 19th
Avenue and Kagy Boulevard. The subdivision created four developable lots, City rights-of-way,
two City park lots, and four open space lots. All lots are served by extensions of City of
Bozeman water and sewer infrastructure.
Water Use Analysis
The subdivision is zoned REMU (Residential Emphasis Mixed Use), and all developable lots are
intended for medium- to high-density urban development, consistent with the City of Bozeman
Growth Policy and the approved South University District Master Plan.
To date, SUD Block 1 and SUD Block 2 have been fully designed and approved through the
City’s site plan review process. Cash-in-lieu of water rights (CILWR) payments were submitted
for both blocks based on unit count and estimated irrigation demand as determined by those
approved site plans.
The two remaining developable lots—Block 3 and Block 4—are expected to follow a similar
development pattern and density and are therefore anticipated to generate comparable water
demands.
The average annual domestic water demand per unit in Bozeman is approximately 0.124 acre-
feet per year. An average annual landscape water demand of between approximately 0.328 and
0.500 acre-feet per acre has been observed on similar project types; the denser the
development, the lower the irrigation use per acre. For estimation purposes the denser
development number was utilized. Together, the two numbers are used to estimate the total
annual water demand for the remaining undeveloped lots (Block 3 and Block 4).
(TABLE 1)
Conclusion
This Master Plan MOD application is intended to satisfy the plat condition requiring payment of
Cash-in-Lieu-of-Water-Rights (CILWR) through a future application, rather than at the time of
final plat. RTR Holdings II, LLC would like to pay the CILWR for Blocks 3 and 4 as estimated in
table 1 above. (Block 3 = $468,000.00 for 78.00 AC-FT) (Block 4 = 318,000.00 for 53.00 AC-FT)