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Council approves Habitat for Humanity rezoning; fee-waiver request to be handled separately
Summary
On second reading the council rezoned 0.66 acres to MRO for a Habitat for Humanity residential project (Ordinance 02509-48) and approved it unanimously; a councilmember asked staff to prepare a separate ordinance to consider waiving project fees.
The Gallatin City Council on Nov. 4 unanimously approved Ordinance 02509-48 to rezone approximately 0.66 acres from Commercial Services (CS) to Multiple Residential and Office (MRO) with a preliminary master development plan for a Habitat for Humanity project near Tulip Poplar Drive.
Councilman Carter moved the ordinance on second reading; the motion received a second and passed without opposition. During discussion Councilman Juvontz said he supported the project but asked the council to waive fees for Habitat for Humanity, saying, "I would just make an amendment that we waive the fees for Habitat for Humanity on the project." City staff said the city has previously waived fees for some nonprofits in certain cases but could not confirm which fees had been waived for Habitat in the past and would research the matter. The mayor suggested any fee waiver should be handled in a separate ordinance rather than as an amendment to the rezoning.
The rezoning approval clears the regulatory step allowing the preliminary master development plan to proceed under the MRO designation. Council and staff did not specify which exact fee types (building, tap, engineering) might be eligible for a waiver at this meeting; staff indicated they would return with details if the council wishes to pursue a fee waiver ordinance.
