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Bismarck planning commission adopts updated 50-year growth-phasing map amid landowner concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved annual revisions to Bismarck's growth-phasing plan that keep a 50-year urban-reserve horizon; landowners at the meeting urged more notice and questioned the long planning horizon and its impact on property rights.
The Bismarck Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved annual revisions to the city's growth-phasing plan, including clarifications to urban-reserve and urban-service boundaries and a new airport buffer intended to protect airport operations.
The planning department's presentation, led by Daniel (planning staff), showed the map used to guide where city infrastructure and services could be extended over 25- and 50-year horizons. Daniel said the city has used a 50-year urban-reserve horizon for about 15 years to align long-lived infrastructure investments — such as major water and sewer mains — with anticipated future development.
"When you're making large investments that need many, many years to recoup that return, it is…
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