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Billings council annexes seven Yellowstone Country Club lots despite neighbors' concerns over trail access
Summary
After a two‑hour public hearing, the Billings City Council approved Annexation 2601 and Zone Change 1077 to rezone seven infill lots owned by Yellowstone Country Club to suburban residential. Neighbors urged written guarantees to preserve historic trail access; the council declined to make a binding access condition and approved the measures.
Mayor Mike Nelson convened the meeting and the City Council voted Tuesday to annex three small parcels and rezone them from parks/open space to suburban residential, clearing the way for seven single‑family lots the Yellowstone Country Club plans to sell.
The council’s decision follows more than two hours of staff presentations and public testimony in which neighbors pressed the club and city for firm commitments that longstanding informal trail access and key trailheads would remain available to the public.
Hunter Kelly of the planning division explained the technical case for annexation and rezoning, telling the council the parcels are adjacent to residential streets already served by water and sewer and…
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