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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Brian Krueger, Development Review Manager
Wendy Thomas, Director of Community Development SUBJECT: Continue the public hearing on application Z14275, the Mendenhall
Mixed Use Site Plan, Certificate of Appropriateness with Variance
application from November 10, 2014 to December 8, 2014.
MEETING DATE: November 10, 2014
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission continue the public hearing to December 8, 2014. RECOMMENDED MOTION: I hereby continue the public hearing on application Z14275,
the Mendenhall Mixed Use Site Plan, Certificate of Appropriateness with Variance application,
from November 10, 2014 to December 8, 2014. BACKGROUND:
The City is reviewing the Mendenhall Mixed Use Site Plan, Certificate of Appropriateness with
Variance application. The application is to allow the demolition of an existing one-story bank building and the construction of a five story mixed use building with three floors of commercial space and 29 residential units on the top two floors with related common spaces, underground
parking structure and related site improvements. The project site is at 5 West Mendenhall Street
located at the northwest corner of North Tracy Avenue and West Mendenhall Street. A zoning
variance is requested to Section 38.25.020.A Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC), Stall, aisle and driveway design that requires all parking spaces shall be of standard width and length. Standard parking stalls are required to be 9 feet in width and 20 feet in length. A 26 foot wide access aisle
is required for 90-degree parking with two way circulation. The applicant proposes 8 feet 6 inch
wide and 18 foot long parking stalls and a 24 foot wide two way access aisle within the
underground parking structure.
The Design Review Board considered this application at their September 24, 2014 meeting. The Design Review Board did not make a recommendation on the project at that meeting, but
provided feedback and comments on the application. The applicant is making changes to the
design in response to that meeting. A second review of the project at the Design Review Board is
scheduled for November 12th. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: The City Commission has the following alternative actions available:
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1. Set an alternate date for the public hearing.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None identified at this time.
Report compiled on: November 10, 2014
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