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Home My WebLink About07-31-12 Planning Board and Zoning Commission combined Minutes JOINT MEETING PLANNING BOARD/ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE President Pro Tem McSpadden called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and ordered the Recording Secretary to take attendance. Members Present: Randy Wall, Vice Chairperson Trever McSpadden, Vice President David Peck Erik Garberg, Chairperson Nathan Minnick Bill Quinn Paul Neubauer City Commission Liaison: Members Absent: Ed Sypinski, President Staff Present: Tim McHarg, Planning Director Chris Saunders, Assistant Planning Director Tara Hastie, Recording Secretary Guests Present: ITEM 2. PUBLIC COMMENT {Limited to any public matter within the jurisdiction of the Zoning Commission or Planning Board and not scheduled on this agenda. Three-minute time limit per speaker.} Seeing there was no general public comment forthcoming, President Pro Tem McSpadden closed this portion of the meeting. ITEM 3. PLANNNING BOARD ELECTION OF OFFICERS MOTION: Mr. Garberg moved to nominate Mr. McSpadden as President, Mr. Wall seconded, Mr. McSpadden accepted the nomination. The motion carried 5-0. Those voting aye being Mr. McSpadden, Mr. Wall, Mr. Neubauer, Mr. Garberg, and Mr. Quinn. Those voting nay being none. President McSpadden asked for volunteers for Vice President. Mr. Wall responded that he would volunteer for the position. MOTION: President McSpadden moved to nominate Mr. Wall as Vice President, Mr. Garberg seconded, Mr. Wall accepted the nomination. The motion carried 5-0. Those voting aye being President McSpadden, Mr. Wall, Mr. Neubauer, Mr. Garberg, and Mr. Quinn. Those voting nay being none. ITEM 4. PLANNING BOARD MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 1, 2011 MOTION: Mr. Garberg moved, Vice President Wall seconded, to approve the minutes of November 1, 2011 as presented. The motion carried 5-0. Those voting aye being President McSpadden, Vice President Wall, Mr. Neubauer, Mr. Garberg, and Mr. Quinn. Those voting nay being none. ITEM 5. PROJECT REVIEW 1. Municipal Code Amendment Application #Z-12163 – (Draft Ordinance 1830) A Zone Code Amendment requested by the applicant City of Bozeman, P.O. Box 1230, Bozeman, MT 59771, to amend the Bozeman Municipal Code to relocate the provisions establishing the Design Review Board and Wetlands Review Board from Chapter 38 to Chapter 2, amend Chapter 20 to remove duplicative standards for campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, and amend Chapter 38 to add cross references, remove redundant text, and improve various development standards. (Saunders) Assistant Planning Director Chris Saunders presented the Staff Report noting that Planning Department Staff found opportunities to do something in the code better during the normal course of activities. He stated it was a joint hearing because it was a joint development ordinance that affected the reviews of both the Planning Board and the Zoning Commission. He stated the proposed edits were in numeric order as they appeared within the code. Assistant Director Saunders noted there were particularly significant items that he would like to draw attention to: the transfer of the DRB and WRB text to a different section, the removal of standards duplicative to Chapter 38 of the Bozeman Municipal Code from Chapter 20, the addition of a residential use “group living” to the residential zoning districts chapter, the modification of required lot width when alleys are used, consolidation of the approval authority language, modification of the water rights language with regard to requirements for smaller annexations, the inclusion of bicycle parking incentives to encourage multimodal transportation, updating nonconforming uses and structures standards, creating a limited public notice exemption (such as battered women’s shelters), and Essential Services Type 1 modification to include rooftop solar panel arrays. Assistant Director Saunders stated there all types of other parts scattered throughout the ordinance. He stated the public hearing had been noticed. He noted Staff recommended the Planning Board and Zoning Commission vote separately to provide a clear motion for recommendation to the City Commission. He noted no public comment had been received on the proposal at this time. President McSpadden opened the item for public comment. Seeing none forthcoming, the public comment period was closed. ZONING COMMISSION MOTION: Chairperson Garberg moved, Mr. Minnick seconded, that having heard and considered public comment, to hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report and move to recommend approval of the text amendments to Chapter 2, Chapter 20, and Chapter 38 of the Bozeman Municipal Code as included in the draft Ordinance 1830 as requested in application Z-12163. The motion carried 5-0. Those voting aye being Chairperson Garberg, Mr. McSpadden, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Peck, and Vice Chairperson Wall. Those voting nay being none. PLANNING BOARD MOTION: Vice President Wall moved, Mr. Quinn seconded, that having heard and considered public comment, to hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report and move to recommend approval of the text amendments to Chapter 2, Chapter 20, and Chapter 38 of the Bozeman Municipal Code as included in the draft Ordinance 1830 as requested in application Z-12163. Mr. Wall stated he wanted to reiterate that he thought it was a good idea to include more multimodal transit facilities and thanked Staff for including the recommendation. The motion carried 5-0. Those voting aye being President McSpadden, Vice President Wall, Mr. Neubauer, Mr. Garberg, and Mr. Quinn. Those voting nay being none. ITEM 6. NEW BUSINESS President McSpadden stated he had spoken with the Chair of the Gallatin County Planning Board, Marianne Amsden. She had brought to his attention that Gallatin County’s Growth Policy included a provision for an interlocal agreement between the Gallatin County Planning Board and the City of Bozeman Planning Board. He noted the County Planning Board had requested a joint meeting or joint training in the future and asked the other Planning Board member’s opinion. He added that the City and County had an overlapping jurisdictional area often called the “donut area”. He noted the County would be hiring a facilitator to do some training with their Planning Board and stated there may be some advantage to attending that as well. Mr. Garberg stated he thought it would be a good idea if it worked for Staff. Director McHarg responded that if they were interested in a joint meeting he would contact the County Planning Director to determine where they were in the process. President McSpadden concurred with Director McHarg. Director McHarg stated that the training included a date sometime in November and if there was a general level of interest he would partner on those costs with the County. Mr. Peck asked if the training would include Zoning Commission members. Assistant Director Saunders responded the training could include both depending on what the County had asked for. Mr. Garberg asked for clarification of whether or not the County had zoning districts. Director McHarg responded they did have areas of zoning. Assistant Director Saunders added the last count he heard was that there were 27 zoning districts within the County. President McSpadden welcomed new member Paul Neubauer. ITEM 7. ADJOURNMENT Seeing there was no further business before the joint meeting of the Planning Board and Zoning Commission, President McSpadden adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m. Trever McSpadden, President Tim McHarg, Planning Director Planning Board Planning & Community Development City of Bozeman City of Bozeman Erik Garberg, Chairperson Zoning Commission City of Bozeman