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The Butte-Silverbow Zoning Board of Adjustment met on October 15, 2026, to consider three conditional use permit applications. All applications were approved unanimously with staff-recommended conditions. The meeting also included the introduction of two new board members and updates from the planning director on recent subdivision activity and upcoming public hearings.
We're ready. All right. Thank you for your patience. We'll uh call today's meeting of the zoning board of adjustment for October 15th to order. Um looks like we have a full compliment, including new members. So we're good. Shanna Adams, uh Justin, Heidi, Garrett, Steve, and Luke all here. Um next thing we'll have uh up is the uh minutes, so you two can abstain from that since you weren't weren't here last time, but uh has everybody else had a chance to review the minutes appropriately and any comments or changes. All right. With that, I'd entertain a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Chairman, members of the board, I'd make a motion to approve the September 26 minutes. I'll second the motion. Thanks. Um we have a motion and a second. Uh with that will ask for a verbal vote. All in favor, please by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes, minutes are approved. All right, moving on to new business. Um, are we going to stay in order today, Director Crane? Okay. Um we'll start with conditional use permit twenty-six twenty, and looks like maybe Joel is going to give us a presentation. Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. This presentation is for 1240 Dewey Boulevard. And its application number, conditional use 26-20. The representative, and I apologize for the last name, Jeff Walschleger. Um, and the proposal is to construct an entry vestibule and incorporate additional off-street parking spaces to an established professional office space, which is a commercial building and it's located in a residential zone. Staff findings. The existing space is grandfathered commercial use in an R2 or two-family residential zone. However, an expansion to alterations to an existing footprint must be granted by the zoning board of adjustments. The conditional use process provides for review of public input and measure of potential impact of the proposed use on the surrounding neighborhood and compatibility of the proposed use with the adjoining neighborhood. To provide the board with information about the proposed conditional use, the applicant and planning staff have responded to the established questions. Again, this is in the R2 zone. Um highlighted in the red is the building in question. This is a site plan of the same location. You can see the vestibule will be added to the north side of the building, and the additional parking would be on the east side off of Oregon Avenue. This is just some frontal and side views of the proposal. Um the side view with the grass is where the additional parking would be located. The location and character of the property and surrounding buildings. The property again is located in the R2 zone. The multifamily commercial condo space consists of multiple units operated by individual owners and businesses. Properties adjacent to the location include moderate commercial businesses and residential dwellings. Similar uses, including the American Eye Care Center, Western Meat Block, and the post office are all in this vicinity. Proposed vehicle vehicular access, circulation and parking. Existing vehicular access to and from the site will remain unchanged.