Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB243: Amend zoning regulations to allow taller buildings
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act amending zoning regulations to allow taller buildings in certain municipalities; amending sections 76-2-304 and 76-25-303, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT AMENDING ZONING REGULATIONS TO ALLOW TALLER BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES; AMENDING SECTIONS 76-2-304 AND 76-25-303, MCA; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 76-2-304, MCA, is amended to read: "76-2-304. Criteria and guidelines for zoning regulations. (1) Zoning regulations must and (b) designed (ii) promote public health, public safety, and the general welfare; and (iii) facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. (2) In the adoption of zoning regulations, the municipal governing body shall (b) the effect on motorized and nonmotorized transportation systems; (c) promotion of compatible urban growth; (d) the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses; and (e) conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the jurisdictional area. (3) In a city with a population of at least 5,000 residents, duplex housing must be allowed as a permitted use on a lot where a single-family residence is a permitted use, and zoning regulations that apply to the development or use of duplex housing may not be more restrictive than zoning regulations that are - 1 - Authorized Print Version - SB 243 ENROLLED BILL - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 SB 243 applicable to single-family residences. (4) (a) In a municipality that is designated as an urban …
Sponsors
- Boldman, Ellie (D, 47) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
Votes
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 41 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 16, 2025): 38 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 76 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 78 yea, 21 nay, passed
- AMD-SB0243.003.001 Powers DO PASS (April 11, 2025): 33 yea, 66 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 1, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Planning, Buildings and Building Regulations, Cities and Towns
Common questions
- What is SB243?
- SB243 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Amend zoning regulations to allow taller buildings.
- What does SB243 do?
- In its own words: An act amending zoning regulations to allow taller buildings in certain municipalities; amending sections 76-2-304 and 76-25-303, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
- What is the status of SB243?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB243?
- Boldman, Ellie (D, 47).
- Where is the official record for SB243?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0808
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