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MINUTES
CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
MARCH 7, 2002 7:00 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PRESENT:
OTHER' S:
Gerald Shay, Chairman
Ed Thurner, City Rep.
Kate Stevenson, City Rep.
Steve O'Neil, City Rep.
Doug Poehls, City Rep.
Ziggy Ziegler, County Rep.
Kurt Baltmsch, County Rep.
Tom Robertus, County Rep.
Cai Cumin, City Planner
Cheryll Lund, City Secretary
Rich Elsenpeter
Cindy Ripley
Dan Mears
Stella Ziegler
John Oakes
Dan Mears
Gary Colley
Mayor Bud Johnson
The minutes of the February 14, 2002 meeting were reviewed and approved as written.
TEMPORARY USE PERMITS - RICH ELSENPETER - TNT FIREWORKS STANDS
Rich Elsenpeter, 1637 Valley Drive, has applied for 2 temporary use permits for his 2 firework stands
that are within the Laurel zoning jurisdiction. One will be located at 1022 W. Main Street and the other
one will be at the comer o£US Highway 212 and Yard Office road. He has operated these 2 stands in
the same locations for over 15 years.
Ziggy Ziegler spoke to Jim Kraft, Yellowstone County Disaster and Emergency, and Jim suggested that
the Planning Board table these applications until the rules and regulations regarding fireworks stands
within Yellowstone County are finalized. Last year the County Commissioners started setting up rules
and regulations for fireworks within Yellowstone County.
Cai stated that this temporary use permit is more for the temporary use issue, not the fireworks.
Mr. Elsenpeter stated that in 1998 he received a letter from Cal stating that there would be no fee for the
permits he needed, and yet he had to pay fees for the 2 temporary use permits. He would like an
explanation on this. He is concerned with the lack of communication.
Cal will look into it and get back with Mr. Elsenpeter regarding the fees he paid.
Motion by Tom Robertus, second by Doug Poehls, to approve the two temporary use permits for
TNT Fireworks in the locations specified. Motion carried 7-0.
DISCUSSION - PROPOSED ENTRYWAY zONING ORDINANCE
Cal handed out the changes he made to the original Entryway Zoning District ordinances and the board
discussed them.
The 4 major changes are: 1) Only monument style signs will be allowed with a maximum height of 8
feet and limited to 150 square feet of face (10' X 15'); 2) Can be placed anywhere in compliance with
this ordinance (not banned anywhere); 3) That an annual fee be charged on each sign with an additional
fee whenever the face of the sign is changed; 4) All signs that do not conform to the new ordinances
have to be brought into compliance within 6 years.
Cai states that the Public Works Department will be the enforcement office for these rules and
regulations.
Question on who would administer the yearly sign fee.
The Public Works Department would have to do an inventory of all of the existing signs and billboards
and keep up on any changes that come about.
Question on whether or not we could ban billboards entirely. Cai states that we can ban them within
certain areas, but not on the interstate or South First Avenue. Cai feels it is better to control billboards
than to ban them entirely.
Doug Poehls would like to see the maximum height be 10 feet instead of 8 feet, and 160 square feet
instead of 150 square feet for the benefit of the sign companies.
Ed Thumer thinks we should keep the signs as small as we can.
Cai says that everything that is being proposed is enforceable.
The board will discuss more on the proposed "Entryway Zoning" ordinances in the coming months.
AIRPORT ZONING REVISIONS
When the airport runway was expanded the airport zoning jurisdiction area was also expanded. The
Airport Authority asked Cal to look at it and make any changes needed. There will be a public hearing
regarding the changes.
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There were not a lot of changes, but the ones made were: name change from Flight Pattern Area to the
Flight Pattern Airport/Hazard Area; also the reference of Ldn's (noise designations) were dropped
because they are not used in Montana; The Board of Adjustment is now the Board of Airport Hazard
Adjustment for the airport when dealing with airport issues. The other changes are cosmetic except for
the Airport Zoning Map that was changed to reflect the expanded runway.
Motion by Ziggy Ziegler, second by Steve O'Neil, to set a public hearing for the April 4, 2002
Planning Board meeting for proposed revisions to LMC Chapter 17.28 - Airport Zoning. Motion carried
7-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Cheryll Lund, Secretary