Development Review Committee

Public Meeting Schedule:

Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Stiff Professional Building at 20 East Olive (upstairs)

The purpose of the Development Review Committee (DRC) is to evaluate all proposals subject to the provisions of Chapter 38, the Unified Development Code within the Bozeman Municipal Code. The DRC is charged with reviewing items related to public health and safety.

According to Bozeman Municipal Code Chapter 38. Article 33.010:

a. The DRC shall act as an advisory body to the planning director for site plans when no variance or deviation is requested; and

b. The DRC shall act as an advisory body to the city commission or board of adjustment for larger and more complex proposals including conditional use permits, planned unit developments, all site plans involving variances or deviations, divisions of land, zone map amendments, annexations and other actions as requested by staff or the city commission.

Link to DRC Agendas 2012

Link to DRC Agendas 2011

Development Review Commitee procedures established.

To implement this purpose, certain procedures shall be adopted to include, but not be limited to, a regularly scheduled weekly or biweekly meeting attended by representatives of each of the city departments charged with development review. Each department shall have the ability and authority to require the DRC to make a recommendation of denial when in their view the project can not meet the requirements and review criteria of this chapter and acceptable conditions do not exist to cure the identified failings of the project. Written meeting reviews, in the form of staff reports or summary reviews prepared by the planning department, shall be made setting forth the DRC's recommendation to the planning director, board of adjustment, or city commission and reasons for requiring such conditions as may be deemed necessary by the DRC. These records shall be preserved as part of the official file for each development proposal. Lastly, the DRC shall generally follow "Robert's Rules of Order" and may prepare and adopt supplemental procedural rules that will ensure the accomplishment of the stated purpose and promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the developmental review process.

The DRC shall at a minimum be composed of the following personnel: city engineer, fire marshal, the streets superintendent, the sanitation superintendent, the water/sewer superintendent, the planning director and the building official. When necessary, other members of the committee may include: the director of public safety, the superintendent of facilities and public lands, the superintendent of recreation, the city manager, with other individuals to be included as necessary at the planning director's request.

When applicable, the DRC may solicit the input of noncity agencies and persons including, but not limited to, the county subdivision review officer, the county sanitarian, the county road superintendent, and state or federal agencies, with other individuals to be included as necessary.