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This board meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission room at City Hall, 121 North Rouse, Ave.
Zoning Commission Agendas
Zoning Commission Minutes From the Zoning Commission Bylaws (adopted in 1979 and revised in 2002):
ARTICLE I – CREATION The Bozeman Zoning Commission was created in 1973 by City Ordinance 3928 and amended in 1978 by City Ordinance 1013 pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-2706
R.C.M. Ordinance No. 1500 then amended the Zoning Commission once again in 1999 with Resolution No. 3312 then establishing the composition of the Zoning Commission.
ARTICLE II – OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Bozeman Zoning Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, are to assist the Bozeman City Commission in improving and protecting the health, safety,
morals or the general welfare of the community.
Regulations made to carry out these objectives shall be made in accordance with the Bozeman Area Master Plan, and requirements of the City Code. Regulations shall be designed to lessen
congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of
population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration,
among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
use of land throughout the jurisdictional zoning area of the City of Bozeman.
ARTICLE III – POWERS AND DUTIES
The City of Bozeman Zoning Commission shall have such powers and duties as are provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, Revised Codes of Montana, 1947, and Title 18 of the Bozeman Municipal
Code. The Commission is an advisory board to the Board of Bozeman City Commissioners.
The Commission, in that advisory capacity, may divide the municipality into zoning districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of
state law. Within such districts it may regulate the erection, construction, re-construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform
for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
The Planning Staff shall make a preliminary report and the Commission shall hold public meetings thereon before submitting its final recommendations to the City Commission for resolution
of questions relating to the above regulations.
The Commission shall recommend the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time
to time amended, supplemented, or changed. However, no such regulation, restriction, or boundary shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties
in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard before the City Commission of the City of Bozeman.
MEMBERSHIP
According to Resolution No. 3312 passed in 1999 the Zoning Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the City Commission. Members of the board shall serve two-year staggered
terms. Persons of legal age may be appointed to the board. All members must be residents of the City of Bozeman. Members shall serve without compensation for their time and services. Members
and Terms: Peter Harned - expires 1-31-10 Nicholas Lieb - expires 1-31-10 Nathan Minnick - expires 1-31-11 J.P. Pomnichowski - expires 1-31-11 Edward Szczypinski
– expires 1-31-11
City Commissioner Liaison: Sean Becker