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Council conditionally annexes 54 acres in West End and approves zone-change first reading despite buffer dispute
Summary
Council conditionally approved Annexation 2504 (about 54 acres) and first reading of Zone Change 1070 to a planned neighborhood development (mix of CMU1, NX1, N1, P1). A procedural error creating a 20-foot P1 buffer strip triggered plans for a separate correction and a council-initiated zone amendment.
The Billings City Council conditionally approved the annexation of roughly 54 acres (Annexation 2504) on Oct. 13 and advanced first reading of Zone Change 1070, a planned neighborhood development (PND) that would convert the property from agricultural zoning to a mix of corridor mixed use (CMU1), neighborhood residential (N1 and NX1) and park/open space (P1).
Planner Hunter outlined seven annexation criteria and explained that the site — described in staff exhibits as Lots 66A1 and 67A1 of the Sunny Cove Fruit Farms amended plat — meets the city’s zone 1…
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