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Title 18
Chapter 18
COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections:
18.18.010 Intent and Purpose of Commercial Zoning Districts
18.18.020 Authorized Uses
18.18.030 Lot Coverage and Floor Area
18.18.040 Lot Area and Width
18.18.050 Yards
18.18.060 Building Height
18.18.010 Intent and Purpose of Commercial Zoning Districts
The intent and purposes of the commercial zoning districts are to establish areas within
Bozeman that are primarily commercial in character and to set forth certain minimum standards
for development within those areas. The purpose in having more than one commercial district
is to provide opportunities for a variety of employment and community service opportunities within
the community, while providing predictability. There is a rebuttable presumption thatthe uses set
forth for each district will be compatible with each other both within the individual districts and to
adjoining zoning districts when the standards of this title are met and any applicable conditions
of approval have been satisfied. Additional requirements for development apply within overlay
districts.
A. The intent of the B-1 neighborhood business district is to provide for smaller scale
retail, and service activities frequently required by neighborhood residents on a day
to day basis, as well as residential development as a secondary purpose, while still
maintaining compatibility with adjacent residential land uses. Development scale
and pedestrian orientation are important elements of this district.
B. The intent of the B-2 community business district is to provide for a broad range of
mutually supportive retail and service functions located in clustered areas bordered
on one or more sides by limited access arterial streets.
C. The intent of the B-3 central business district is to provide a central area for the
community's business, government service, and cultural activities. Uses within this
district should be appropriate to such a focal center with inappropriate uses being
excluded. Room should be provided in appropriate areas for logical and planned
expansion of the present district.
1. It is the intent of this district to encourage high volume, pedestrian-oriented
uses in ground floor space in the "core area" of Bozeman's central
business district, Le., along main Street, from Grand to Rouse, and to the
alleys one-half block north and south from Main Street. Lower volume
pedestrian uses such as professional offices may locate on ground floor
space in the B~3 area outside the above defined core. (Ord. 1645 ~ 1,
2005)
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18.18.020 Authorized Uses
A. Uses in the various commercial districts are depicted in the table below. Principal
uses are indicated with a "P", conditional uses are indicated with a "C", accessory
uses are indicated with an "A", and uses which are not permitted within the district
are indicated by a "-". A particular proposed development or use may fall under
more than one listed category with different review processes. In such cases, the
more stringent review process shall apply.
B. The uses listed are deliberately broad and some are given special definitions in
Chapter 18.80. The intent of this method is to provide general guidance for uses
while allowing the unique needs and circumstances of each proposal to be
specifically addressed through the review process. Some uses are the subject of
special regulations contained in Chapter 18.40.
C. Additional uses for telecommunications are established in Chapter 18.54.
Table 18-1
Table of Commercial Uses Authorized Uses
B-1 B-2 B-3
Ambulance service - P P
Apartments and Apartment buildings, as defined in this title P P '/C p3
Arts and entertainment center, as defined in this title P P P
Assisted living/elderly care facilities - C -
Automobile fuel sales or repair, as defined in this title C C C
Automobile parking lot or garage (public or private) P P P
Automobile washing establishment C P C
Banks and other financial institutions P P P
Business, technical or vocational school - C p3
Bus terminals - C C
Community centers C P p3
Convenience uses C P C
Convenience use restaurant P P P
Day care centers P P P
Essential services (Type I) P P P
Essential services (Type II) - C C
Extended-stay lodgings - P P
Food processing facilities - C -
Frozen food storage and locker rental - P -
Health and exercise establishments P '/C P P
Hospitals - P C
Hotel or motel - P P
Laboratories, research and diagnostic - P p3
Laundry, dry cleaning - C C
Light goods repair, as defined in this title - C -
Lodging houses - C C3
Manufacturing, light and completely indoors - C -
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Table of Commercial Uses Authorized Uses
B-1 B-2 B-3
Mortuary - C C
Museum - C C
Medical and dental clinics P '/C P P
Meeting hall - P P
Offices, as defined in this title P '/C P P 3/Cs
Other buildings and structures typically accessory to permitted uses A A A
Parking facilities P P p3
Personal and convenience services, as defined in this title P P P
Pet grooming shop P P P
Printing offices and publishing establishments - - C
Private club, fraternity, sorority or lodge - P P
Public buildings P P P
Refuse and recycling containers A A A
Research laboratories - P P
Restaurants P P P
Retail uses, as defined in this title p2 p2 p2
Retail, large scale - P -
Sales of alcohol for on-premise consumption C C C
Sign paint shops (not including neon sign fabrication) - P C
Upholstery shops (excluding on site upholstery service for cars, boats, - P p3
trailers, trucks and other motorized vehicles requiring overnight storage)
Veterinary clinic - C -
Wholesale distributors with on-premise retail outlets, providing - C -
warehousing is limited to commodities which are sold on the premises
Wholesale establishments that use samples, but do not stock on premises - P P
Any use, except adult businesses and casinos approved as part of a C C C
planned unit development subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.36, BMC
Notes:
1
When located on the second or subsequent floor.
2
Excluding adult businesses, and large scale retail, as they are defined in Chapter 18.80.
3
Except on ground floor in the core area as defined in this chapter.
4
Private arts instruction shall only be on the second or subsequent floor in the core area as defined in this chapter.
5
On the ground floor in the core area as defined in this chapter.
(Ord. 1645 ~ 1, 2005)
18.18.030 Lot Coverage and Floor Area
A. In the B-1, B-2, and B-3 districts, the entire lot, exclusive of required yards and
parking, may be occupied by the principal and accessory buildings. This title
provides opportunities for parking requirements to be met by shared and off-site
parking as allowed by Chapter 18.46.
B. In the B-1 district, the footprint of individual buildings shall not exceed 5,000 square
feet.
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C. Minimum floor area requirements for each dwelling in all districts shall be that area
required by the City's adopted International Building Code. (Ord. 1645 ~ 1, 2005)
18,18.040 Lot Area and Width
A. All newly created lots shall have a minimum area adequate to provide for required
yards and parking but in no case shall they be less than:
1. B-1 - 5,000 square feet;
2. B-2 - No minimum size;
3. B-3 - No minimum size.
B. Lot width for all newly created lots shall not be less than:
1. B-1 - 50 feet;
2. B-2 - 100 feet;
3. B-3 - No minimum width.
C. When new lots are created utilizing the modular lotting provisions of ~ 18.42.030,
they shall be developed in combination adequate to meet the width and area
requirements of Subsections 1 through 3. (Ord. 1645 ~ 1, 2005)
18,18,050 Yards
A. Minimum yards required for the B-1 and B-2 districts are:
1. Buildings:
Front yard - 7 feet, except along arterials where minimum is 25 feet;
Rear yard - 10 feet;
Side yards - 5 feet (except zero lot lines as allowed by ~ 18.38.060).
2. Parking and loading areas:
Front yard - 25 feet;
Rear yard - 10 feet;
Side yards - 8 feet.
3. The purpose of differentiated yard setback requirements is to encourage
the placement and development of buildings in a manner to address the
street and adjacent pedestrian activity and encourage a vigorous and
diverse streetscape.
4. All vehicle entrances into garages shall be no closer than 20 feet to a
property line, unless explicitly authorized otherwise under this title.
B. Minimum yards required for the B-3 district are:
1. No minimum yards prescribed for the B-3 district except a 7 -foot front yard
shall be required on Mendenhall and Babcock Streets.
2. Where at least 50 percent of a block (from cross-street to cross-street) in
the B-3 district is presently used for residential purposes and commercial
use is to be developed or expanded, a minimum 15-foot corner side or
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front yard shall be required from the streets on which the residential use
fronts.
C. All yards shall be subject to the provisions of ~~ 18.30.060, 18.38.060, 18.42.100,
18.44.100, and 18.48.100, when applicable. (Ord. 1645 ~ 1, 2005)
18.18.060 Building Height
Maximum building height for each commercial district shall be as follows:
A. In the B-1 district:
1. Roof pitch less than 3: 12 - 34 feet;
2. Roof pitch 3: 12 or greater - 38 feet;
B. In the B-2 district:
1. Roof pitch less than 3: 12 - 38 feet;
2. Roof pitch 3: 12 or greater - 44 feet;
3. Maximum height allowed by 1 and 2 above may be increased by up to a
maximum of 50 percent when the B-2 zoning district is implementing a
Regional Commercial and Services growth policy land use designation;
4. Maximum height otherwise cumulatively allowed by this section may be
increased by 30 percent through the approval of a conditional use permit,
but only when the additional height is a specifically identified purpose of the
review.
C. In the B~3 district:
1. In the B-3 district core area - 55 feet;
2. In the B-3 district outside of the core area - 70 feet. (Ord. 1645 ~ 1, 2005)
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