Missoula County Subdivision Rewrite: Natural & Cultural Environment

Approximately one month ago, Missoula County Community & Planning Services (CAPS) released a preliminary draft of proposed revisions to the Missoula County Subdivision Regulations, Article 3: General Design Standards for All Subdivisions – Section 3.1 Natural, Cultural Environment and Hazardous Lands (renamed Natural and Cultural Environment).

A roughly one-month comment period commenced on June 8, 2015 and resulted in limited comments. This draft (Draft #2, July 17, 2015) has been forwarded on to the Planning Board for their public hearing on August 4, 2015. The purpose of the attached memo is to invite you to comment on the second draft and to participate in the public review process if you are able. You can also review the memo by clicking here.

 

For more information on the overall Subdivision Regulations REWRITE project, visit the project webpage here: http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/mccaps/CurrentPlanningPermitting/SRRP/SubRegRewriteHOME.htm

Please contact Missoula County Community and Planning Services at 406-258-4657 with further questions. 

Missoula County Community and Planning Services is moving forward with updates to the subdivision regulations that address development within or adjacent to hazardous areas. Missoula County contains a variety of natural and unnatural hazards that can affect our residents, economy and communities. Such hazards include flooding, wildfire, avalanches, high voltage power and gas lines, among others. Development of land within or adjacent to these hazardous areas threatens the safety and well-being of our residents and communities.

Staff recently completed draft revisions to the Hazardous Lands portion of Article 3.1 (renamed Article 3.1 Natural and Cultural Environment). Attached to this memo is the July 2015 Hazardous Lands #2 draft and the Hazardous Lands Table of Changes.

Public Hearing Schedule

The public hearings for these proposed revisions are as follows:

1. Missoula Consolidated Planning Board on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. This meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Missoula City Council Chambers, located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula.

2. Missoula Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. This meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Room B-14 of the County Administration Building, located at 199 W. Pine Street in Missoula.

Please note there may be multiple items on the agendas of these meetings.