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CHAPTER 18.18
COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
18.18.010 INTENT AND PURPOSE OF COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
The intent and purposes of the commercial zoning districts are to establish areas within Bozeman that
are primarily commercial in character and to set forth certain minimum standards for development
within those areas. The purpose in having more than one commercial district is to provide opportunities
for a variety of employment and community service opportunities within the community, while
providing predictability. There is a rebuttable presumption that the uses set forth for each district will be
compatible with each other both within the individual districts and to adjoining zoning districts when
the standards of this title are met and any applicable conditions of approval have been satisfied.
Additional requirements for development apply within overlay districts.
A. The intent of the B-1 neighborhood business district is to provide for smaller scale retail and
service activities frequently required by neighborhood residents on a day to day basis, as well as
residential development as a secondary purpose, while still maintaining compatibility with
adjacent residential land uses. Development scale and pedestrian orientation are important
elements of this district.
B. The intent of the B-2 community business district is to provide for a broad range of mutually
supportive retail and service functions located in clustered areas bordered on one or more sides
by limited access arterial streets.
C. The intent of the B-3 central business district is to provide a central area for the community’s
business, government service and cultural activities. Uses within this district should be
appropriate to such a focal center with inappropriate uses being excluded. Room should be
provided in appropriate areas for logical and planned expansion of the present district.
1. It is the intent of this district to encourage high volume, pedestrian-oriented uses in
ground floor space in the “core area” of Bozeman’s central business district, i.e., along
Main Street from Grand to Rouse and to the alleys one-half block north and south from
Main Street. Lower volume pedestrian uses such as professional offices may locate on
ground floor space in the B-3 area outside the above defined core.
18.18.020 AUTHORIZED USES
A. Uses in the various commercial districts are depicted in the table below. Principal uses are
indicated with a “P”, conditional uses are indicated with a “C”, accessory uses are indicated with
an “A”, and uses which are not permitted within the district are indicated by a “-”. A particular
proposed development or use may fall under more than one listed category with different review
processes. In such cases, the more stringent review process shall apply.
B. The uses listed are deliberately broad and some are given special definitions in Chapter 18.80,
BMC. The intent of this method is to provide general guidance for uses while allowing the
unique needs and circumstances of each proposal to be specifically addressed through the review
process. Some uses are the subject of special regulations contained in Chapter 18.40, BMC.
C. Additional uses for telecommunications are established in Chapter 18.54, BMC.
Ordinance # 1761. page 18-1
Table 18-1
Table of Commercial Uses Authorized Uses
B-1 B-2 B-3
Ambulance service - P P
Apartments and Apartment buildings, as defined in this title P P /C P
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Arts and entertainment center, as defined in this title P P P
Assisted living/elderly care facilities - C -
Automobile fuel sales or repair, as defined in this title C C C
Automobile parking lot or garage (public or private) P P P
Automobile washing establishment C P C
Banks and other financial institutions P P P
Business, technical or vocational school - C P
3
Bus terminals - C C
Community centers P P P
3
Convenience uses C P C
Convenience use restaurant P P P
Day care centers P P P
Essential services (Type I) P P P
Essential services (Type II) - P P
Extended- stay lodgings - P P
Food processing facilities - C -
Frozen food storage and locker rental - P -
Health and exercise establishments P /C P P
1
Hospitals - P C
Hotel or motel - P P
Laboratories, research and diagnostic - P P
3
Laundry, dry cleaning - C C
Light goods repair, as defined in this title - C A
Lodging houses - C C
3
Manufacturing, light and completely indoors - C -
Mortuary - C C
Ordinance # 1761. page 18-2
Table of Commercial Uses Authorized Uses
B-1 B-2 B-3
Museum - C C
Medical and dental clinics P /C P P
1
Meeting hall - P P
Offices, as defined in this title P /C P P
13
Other buildings and structures typically accessory to permitted uses A A A
Parking facilities P P P
3
Personal and convenience services, as defined in this title P P P
Pet grooming shop P P P
Printing offices and publishing establishments - - C
Private club, fraternity, sorority or lodge - P P
Public buildings P P P
Refuse and recycling containers A A A
Research laboratories - P P
Restaurants P P P
5
Retail uses, as defined in this title P P P
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Retail, large scale - P -
Sales of alcohol for on-premise consumption C C C
7,
Sign paint shops (not including neon sign fabrication) - P C
Upholstery shops (excluding on site upholstery service for cars,
boats, trailers, trucks and other motorized vehicles requiring - P P
3
overnight storage)
Veterinary clinic - C -
Wholesale distributors with on-premise retail outlets, providing
warehousing is limited to commodities which are sold on the - C -
premises
Wholesale establishments that use samples, but do not stock on
- P P
premises
Any use, except adult businesses and casinos approved as part of a
planned unit development subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.36, C C C
BMC
Notes:
When located on the second or subsequent floor, or basement as defined in Chapter 18.80, BMC.
1
Excluding adult businesses, and large scale retail, as they are defined in Chapter 18.80, BMC.
2
Except on ground floor in the core area as defined in this chapter.
3
Private arts instruction shall only be on the second or subsequent floor in the core area as defined in this chapter.
4
Exclusive of drive-ins.
5
Ordinance # 1761. page 18-3
6
May be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.02, BMC
7
Also subject to Chapter 5.12, BMC.
18.18.030 LOT COVERAGE AND FLOOR AREA
A. In the B-1, B-2 and B-3 districts, the entire lot, exclusive of required yards and parking, may be
occupied by the principal and accessory buildings. This title provides opportunities for parking
requirements to be met by shared and off-site parking as allowed by Chapter 18.46, BMC.
B. In the B-1 district, the footprint of individual buildings shall not exceed 5,000 square feet.
C. Minimum floor area requirements for each dwelling in all districts shall be that area required by
the City’s adopted International Building Code.
18.18.040 LOT AREA AND WIDTH
A. All newly created lots shall have a minimum area adequate to provide for required yards and
parking but in no case shall they be less than:
1. B-1 - 5,000 square feet
2. B-2 - No minimum size
3. B-3 - No minimum size
B. Lot width for all newly created lots shall not be less than:
1. B-1 - 50 feet
2. B-2 - 100 feet, except in Conservation Overlay District shall have no minimum width
3. B-3 - No minimum width
18.18.050 YARDS
A. Minimum yards required for the B-1 and B-2 districts are:
1. Buildings:
Front yard – 7 feet, except along arterials where minimum is 25 feet
Rear yard – 10 feet
Side yards – 5 feet (except zero lot lines as allowed by §18.38.060, BMC)
2. Parking and loading areas:
Front yard – 25 feet
1
Rear yard – 10 feet
1
Side yards – 8 feet
1
Side and rear yards for parking may be allowed to be 0 feet when coordinated parking arrangements between
adjacent properties is provided.
3. The purpose of differentiated yard setback requirements is to encourage the placement
and development of buildings in a manner to address the street and adjacent pedestrian
activity and encourage a vigorous and diverse streetscape.
4. All vehicle entrances into garages shall be no closer than 20 feet to a property line, unless
explicitly authorized otherwise under this title.
5. Rear and side yards adjacent to alleys shall be at least five feet.
B. Minimum yards required for the B-3 district are:
1. No minimum yards prescribed for the B-3 district except a 7-foot front yard shall be
required on Mendenhall and Babcock Streets.
Ordinance # 1761. page 18-4
2. Where at least 50 percent of a block (from cross-street to cross-street) in the B-3 district
is presently used for residential purposes the minimum yards established in Section
18.18.050.A shall be required.
3. Rear and side yards adjacent to alleys shall be at least five feet.
C. All yards shall be subject to the provisions of §18.30.060, §18.38.060, §18.42.100, §18.44.100,
and §18.48.100 BMC, when applicable.
18.18.060 BUILDING HEIGHT
Maximum building height for each commercial district shall be as follows:
A. In the B-1 district:
1. Roof pitch less than 3:12 – 34 feet
2. Roof pitch 3:12 or greater – 38 feet
B. In the B-2 district:
1. Roof pitch less than 3:12 – 38 feet
2. Roof pitch 3:12 or greater – 44 feet
3. Maximum height allowed by 1 and 2 above may be increased by up to a maximum of 50
percent when the B-2 zoning district is implementing a Regional Commercial and
Services growth policy land use designation.
4. Maximum height otherwise cumulatively allowed by this section may be increased by 30
percent through the approval of a conditional use permit, but only when the additional
height is a specifically identified purpose of the review.
C. In the B-3 district:
1. In the B-3 district core area – 55 feet
2. In the B-3 district outside of the core area – 70 feet
D. In all districts, all commercial floor space provided on the ground floor of a building shall have a
minimum floor-to-ceiling height of 12 feet.
Ordinance # 1761. page 18-5