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Belgrade council adopts new 'Master Planned Community' zoning and advances Foundry, Copper Ranch rezonings to Feb. 2 hearing
Summary
The council approved a citywide zone-text amendment creating a Master Planned Community district (second reading) and set first-reading approval and Feb. 2 final hearings for a 120‑acre Foundry rezoning and a 320‑unit Copper Ranch apartment rezoning; officials said state parking limits constrained local rules.
Belgrade's City Council on Monday adopted a zone-text amendment creating a new Master Planned Community zoning district and advanced two related rezonings to formal public hearings on Feb. 2, 2026. The ordinance on second reading passed unanimously after staff clarified that religious assembly will be allowed without a conditional‑use permit, as the council requested.
Brad Stein, the city's senior planner, told the council the new district is intended to allow smaller lots, a mix of attached and detached housing, and reduced parking in recognition of recent state limits on municipal parking regulation. Stein said the change is citywide but would be applied by request to specific areas and any map changes would…
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