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Bozeman board narrows recommendations on new land-use code: feet not —stories,— support for stepbacks and building-width caps, further study for size caps
Summary
The Community Development Board reviewed proposed mass-and-scale elements of Bozeman—s draft uniform development code and reached preliminary agreement on several tools: measure height in feet rather than stories, keep setbacks, study and adjust RB wall-plate heights, support building-width caps and stepbacks, and direct staff to analyze a graduated square-foot incentive.
The Bozeman Community Development Board spent a portion of its June 16 meeting on detailed development-code issues referred to as —mass-and-scale— tools in the draft UDC (Unified Development Code). Board members and city staff focused on ways the new code could control perceived oversized buildings while enabling more housing types.
Key consensuses and requests for follow-up included:
- Measure vertical limits in feet, not by number of stories: Board members favored using a fixed height measured in feet rather than a —stories— convention. Members said measuring by feet produces clearer, more predictable building envelopes and avoids confusing outcomes caused by variable floor-to-floor heights across construction types.
- Keep setbacks and dimensional controls: The board signaled support for retaining setbacks and other lot-dimension controls that manage building placement in the public right-of-way and respect neighborhood character.
- Wall-plate height: A majority supported retaining a…
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