At MTFP - Montana’s Housing Puzzle at Legislative Halftime

Local government leaders have pushed back on most of those proposals, arguing that heavy-handed zoning statute rewrites would prevent local building officials from making sure new developments avoid problems with stormwater runoff, sewer capacity and parking.

•Mar 9, 2023

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At MTFP - Montana’s Housing Puzzle at Legislative Halftime

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Read the article at the Montana Free Press by Eric Dietrich

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“The Montana League of Cities and Towns, which has opposed many of the housing-focused zoning bills, has also forwarded a comprehensive land-planning overhaul bill, Senate Bill 382. In its current form, it would rework the planning statutes that apply to larger municipalities in the state’s most populous counties, requiring them to predict future population growth and to proactively develop land-use plans that allocate space to build housing to accommodate that growth. It would also shift public participation processes to encourage public comment before developers propose specific projects and require cities to choose from a menu of pro-housing zoning reforms.

SB 382, sponsored by Sen. Forrest Mandeville, R-Columbus, passed the Senate on a 44-6 vote March 2. Like the other surviving zoning measures, it now heads to the Montana House.”

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Local Government Legislature Housing Zoning

•Feb 20, 2023

SB382 - Montana Land Use Planning Act

SB 382 will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to get more housing built in Montana

MTFP - What Exactly Does a 2500 SF Lot Look Like

Local Government Legislature Housing

•Feb 8, 2023

MTFP - What Exactly Does a 2500 SF Lot Look Like

But what exactly does a 2,500-square-foot lot look like? We pulled parcel data from the Montana State Library’s Cadastral system to illustrate, using a portion of central Helena not far from the Capitol building.