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REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Dave Skelton, Senior Planner
Tim McHarg, Director, Planning and Community Development
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Huempfner Minor Subdivision
Preliminary Plat Application #P-11006
MEETING DATE: January 23, 2012
AGENDA MEETING ITEM: Action Item
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Commission approves Minor Subdivision Preliminary Plat
Application #P-11006 with the conditions of approval and code provisions as recommended by the
Planning Director in the staff report.
RECOMMENDED MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION: “Having reviewed
the application materials, considered public comment, and considered all the information provided, I
hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report for #P-11006 and move to approve the
preliminary plat application for the Huempfner Minor Subdivision as requested in Planning Application
#P-11006 authorizing to subdivide 8.939 acres and create two industrial/commercial lots, subject to the
conditions listed in the staff report.”
BACKGROUND: The property owner/applicant, Mr. Michael Huempfner, represented by Madison
Engineering, LLC has submitted a Minor Subdivision Preliminary Plat application to subdivide 8.939
acres and create two industrial/commercial lots presently occupied by two existing commercial
buildings. The subject property is annexed with a zoning designation of M-1, Light Manufacturing
District), and is located along the south boundary of US Highway No. 20/East Frontage Road
approximately one-quarter mile east of the Interstate 90, Exit 309 interchange.
This preliminary plat application is the first to be evaluated against Chapter 38 “Unified Development
Code” of the City of Bozeman’s new codified Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC). Pursuant to Section
38.03.040.A.4, BMC the Planning Director shall review all minor subdivisions (in-lieu of the Planning
Board), provide findings in a staff report and make a written recommendation for consideration by the
City Commission. No variances to the Uniform Development Code (UDC) have been requested with
this preliminary plat application and no specific variances have been identified during the review of the
preliminary plat application. The site is presently occupied by two commercial buildings (i.e., Subaru
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car dealership and automobile/ RV service and sales facility) and no significant physical features,
watercourses, wetlands or mature vegetation have been identified.
Situated in the southeast corner of the site exists a billboard sign that under Section 38.28.150 is not
permitted in the City limits. The applicant is requesting that the billboard sign be permitted to remain
until its current lease agreement expires on September 1, 2012 and if allowed will have it removed by
October 1, 2012 (see attached letter dated December 16, 2011). The DRC is recommending that prior to
final plat approval that the applicant execute an agreement with the City to guarantee removal of the
existing billboard sign by no later than October 1, 2012 (i.e., condition #3).
The DRC provided a recommendation of conditional approval on December 21, 2011. The Planning
Director reviewed the minor subdivision application, together with the supplementary plans and
information, and recommended to the City Commission on January 13, 2012 conditional approval with
the conditions listed in the staff report. Staff’s full analysis of the review criteria for this minor
subdivision is included in the attached staff report.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None determined at this time.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Approval of the Preliminary Plat Application as submitted with no conditions.
2) Approval of the Preliminary Plat Application with conditions of approval as recommended by
the Planning Director.
3) Denial of the application.
4) As determined by the Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The standard application fee was received for the Minor Subdivision Preliminary
Plat application and was added to the Department of Planning’s application fee revenue.
Attachments: Planning Staff’s Report
Applicant’s Preliminary Plat application materials
Applicant’s Letter of December 16, 2011
Report compiled on January 12, 2012
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