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Libby council revises zoning rules: carport limits struck; home-occupation, landscaping and height language updated
Summary
After a lengthy hearing, the council struck accessory-use restrictions on portable carports, narrowed propane-front-yard bans, revised home-occupation language, softened landscaping mandates, and set clearer height and conditional-use parameters for the residential-business transition district.
The Libby City Council spent a substantial portion of the meeting reviewing proposed zoning-code changes and approved multiple targeted edits to accessory uses, home-occupation rules, landscaping requirements, and height/transition standards.
Councilors debated striking language that would have prohibited nonpermanent carport structures (section B of accessory uses). After discussion about housing supply, aesthetics and enforcement, a motion to strike Section B passed. Council then voted to…
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