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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1874
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CONCERN OF THE BOZEMAN CITY COMMISSION WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MAJOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENTS UPON THE COMMUNITY, AND ITS INTENT TO REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL/
ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENTS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR SUCH
DEVELOPMENTS.
I WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman is a growing community, faced with problems which
accompany growth in all areas: residential, commercial, and industrial; and
_ WHEREAS, such growth invariably has an impact on the community and its
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facilities, namely water services, sewage treatment requirements, storm drainage,
pOlice, fire, recreation, public works, and all other municipal service departments;
and
WHEREAS, as the demands for such services increase, the costs are sometimes
disproportionate to the benefits realized by the community; and
WHEREAS, certain populations can support only prescribed limits of residential,
commercial, and industrial development, to the extent they are able to supply the
personnel, manpower, resources, and customers to support such developments; and
WHEREAS, although it might be expected that anyone contemplating a substantial
business investment, would safeguard that investment by conducting exhaustive
research into the extent of the market to be served by such development, the likeli-
hood of a satisfactory return on the investment, and a reasonable assurance that
the pUblic necessity and public convenience were being served; and
I WHEREAS, however, in the absence of assurance that such individual effort has
been expended -- at least to the extent of pUblic knowledge -- then it behooves
_ the community to require assurance that such developments will be in the public
interest, and will not become economic liabilities or disasters;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, in order to ensure that proposed resi-
dential, commercial, and industrial developments will not be of an adverse
environmental nature to the community, nor that such developments will adversely
affect an existing sector, economic interest, or the general public welfare of the
community at large, an environmental/economic impact statement will be required
prior to the issuance of a building permit for any proposed major development of
either a residential, commercial, or industrial nature; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City staff and City Attorney are herewith
instructed to draft an ordinance to this effect at the earliest opportunity, and
that such ordinance contain the exact specifications and criteria which must be
answered in such an environmental/economic impact statement, so that any proposed
developer will know exactly the nature of information required and which will be
I evaluated by the City Commission in its deliberations, prior to issuing a building
permit for such a proposed development.
-- PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman at a regular
session thereof held on the 27th day of April, 1977.
JAMES W. VOLLMER, Mayor
ATTEST:
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ERNA V. HARDING
Clerk of the City Commission COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1874
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State of Montana )
County of Gallatin)
City of Bozeman )
I, Erna V. Harding, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 1874 was published I
by title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in said City in the issue of
the 20th day of May 1977 and due proof of such pUblication is on file
in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate
seal of my office this 8th day of June 1977.
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1874
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