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Council approves special review for Energy Labs parking lot after debate over required spaces and landscaping

Billings City Council · September 23, 2025
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Summary

Council approved a special review allowing Energy Laboratories to construct a 40-space surface parking lot; planning staff and the applicant said 53 total stalls are required by code after an upcoming building addition, and the design includes landscape islands and lighting; two council members voted no, citing over-requirement of parking.

Billings — The City Council approved Special Review 1001 to allow construction of a 40-stall surface parking lot at 1108–1110 South 28th Street for Energy Laboratories, with conditions for landscaping, fencing, lighting, and bicycle parking.

Planning staff said the parcel is an infill site and that the Zoning Commission recommended conditional approval. The agent, Stephanie Donovan,…

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