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State law removes mandatory design‑review authority; city staff to draft code changes
Summary
City staff told the Livingston Historical Preservation Committee a 2025 state legislative change removes the commission's ability to require design‑review; staff will prepare amendments to bring municipal code into compliance and the commission will retain an advisory role.
At a recent meeting of the Livingston Historical Preservation Committee, Livingston City Manager Grant Kager said a 2025 state legislative change removes the commission’s authority to require applicants to undergo design‑review and that city staff will prepare text amendments to bring Chapter 31 of the municipal code into compliance.
The change stems from 2025 legislation (referred to in the meeting as SP 214) that amended MCA 76‑2‑302, Kager said, and the result is that “reviewing an application for the determination of compliance with local design review standards … must be conducted by employees of the municipality.” Kager said that language removes the earlier carve‑out that allowed the committee to be required as a reviewing body.
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