Plans and Planning
The City Commission adopted a new growth policy titled the Bozeman Community Plan on June 1, 2009. The Bozeman 2020 Community Plan is wholly replaced with this new document. The growth policy provides overall guidance on community priorities and development policies.
Neighborhood Plans
These plans give a more detailed look at a portion of the area covered by the
Bozeman 2020 Community Plan. State law requires all neighborhood plans to be
consistent with the overall growth policy.
Bozeman Creek Neighborhood Plan
N. 19th Avenue/Oak Street Corridor Master Plan
Bozeman Deaconess Neighborhood Plan
North 7th Avenue Plan
New
Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan (Now in public review)
Facility Plans
City of Bozeman Econocmic Development Plan
Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan
Water
Facility Plan
Fire Protection Plan
Greater Bozeman Area Transportation Plan 2007 Update
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Sewer
Facility Plan
Why Bozeman Plans
The City of Bozeman, like many other communities, invests community resources in
planning for the following purposes:
1. Protect the public health and safety and advance the well being of the
community at large, while respecting and protecting the interests of individuals
within the community.
2. Provide a supportive framework for private action which balances the rights
and responsibilities of many persons.
3. Facilitate the democratic development of the public policies and regulations
that guide the community.
4. Improve the physical environment of the community as a setting for human
activities, more functional, beautiful, healthful, and efficient.
5. Coordinate technical knowledge, political will, and long-range thinking in
community development in both short and long term decisions.
6. Identifies the citizen's goals and priorities for their community and how
they wish to carry out those ideals.
7. Encourage efficiency and effectiveness by government through coordinated
policies and programs.
8. Serves as a reference bench mark for community priorities, physical
attributes such as size, and social and economic information such as housing and
jobs. A growth policy is an abstract of a community.
9. Support economic development by providing basic information about the
community to prospective citizens and employers. A well done, and implemented,
plan shows that a community is actively trying to improve their area.
Department of Planning and Community Development staff assist the Planning Board
in preparing plans for the community. The Planning Board is made up of 9 members
of the community. Membership is comprised of 1 City Commissioner and 8 appointed
members. Member appointments are made by the Mayor and City Commission