Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB492: Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising local government laws; providing for limited parking space requirements in municipal zoning; allowing property owners, developers, and builders to provide more than the minimum number of parking spaces; amending sections 76-2-304 and 76-25-303, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWS; PROVIDING FOR LIMITED PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS IN MUNICIPAL ZONING; ALLOWING PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND BUILDERS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES; 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 - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 492 ENROLLED BILL - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 HB 492 the development or use of duplex housing may not be more restrictive than …
Sponsors
- Zolnikov, Katie (R, 44) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 73 yea, 26 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 16, 2025): 96 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 46 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 42 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 3, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 1, 2025): 63 yea, 35 nay, passed
Subjects: City Finance, Planning, Cities and Towns, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB492?
- HB492 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements.
- What does HB492 do?
- In its own words: An act revising local government laws; providing for limited parking space requirements in municipal zoning; allowing property owners, developers, and builders to provide more than the minimum number of parking spaces; amending sections 76-2-304 and 76-25-303, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
- What is the status of HB492?
- Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB492?
- Zolnikov, Katie (R, 44).
- Where is the official record for HB492?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0886
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