Bozeman board backs Phase 1 of landmark plan, asks design guidelines moved into Phase 2

The Community Development Board of the City of Bozeman on April 21 recommended the City Commission approve the Bozeman Landmark Project Phase I report (application 22388), sending the report forward with an amendment that advances a design-guidelines update into Phase 2 and moves proposed neighborhood conservation overlay district (NCOD) boundary changes into future recommendations.

The board’s vote followed a presentation by Adrienne Burke of Community Planning Collaborative and staff discussion of Phase 1 findings, which examine potential updates to chapter 38.3.40 of the Unified Development Code (UDC), the certificate of appropriateness (COA) process, demolition review, NCOD boundaries and the creation of a local landmark program. "This is the end of Phase 1," Burke said in the presentation, explaining the report summarizes research and public engagement and lays out topics to be addressed in Phase 2.

The amendment — proposed during the board’s deliberations and adopted before the final recommendation — reflected the Historic…