Chapter 17.24 — HS HIGHWAY SERVICE DISTRICT

• A. The highway service district is intended for application to areas along major highway entrances to the city providing services and conveniences to patrons traveling the highway. The uses generally are of a personal service or recreational in nature and are limited in function. It is intended that these service centers be of the highest quality to make an impression upon those visiting the community, while providing convenient services to the traveler and the tourist to the district.

• B. No land, building or structure shall be used, nor shall any building or structure be constructed, erected, altered, added to, enlarged or moved for any purpose or in any manner except in compliance with these regulations.

• (Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)

• A. The principal permitted uses in the HS highway service district include:

  1. Visitor-serving facilities such as: hotels and motels, indoor and outdoor eating and drinking places (including drive-thru services), grocery shops, liquor stores, or indoor specialty shops such as gifts, art, antiques, pawn or collectibles;

  2. Transportation services such as public transportation stops;

  3. Indoor recreation and entertainment facilities such as specialty attractions, theatres, and sports activities including equipment rentals and sales; and

  4. One residential unit for the owner or manager of an existing on-site permitted use;

  5. Visitor oriented public recreation facilities such as public parks, trails, rest areas and parking lots;

  6. Visitor and local-serving commercial uses such as real estate offices.

• B. Other HS uses for which a use permit must first be secured:

  1. Gas stations and light-commercial automobile service uses.

  2. Cannabis uses conducted pursuant to Chapter 17.95 (Commercial Cannabis Regulations), including: storefront retail, nonstorefront retail (delivery only), cultivation (indoor only), non-volatile manufacturing, processing facilities, distribution, microbusinesses, and testing laboratories. .

(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 715 § 2, 2006; Ord. 819 § 5, 2020)

In the HS district the height of buildings and the maximum dimensions of yards and lots shall be as follows:

• A. Height. Maximum building height shall be thirty-five feet.

• B. Yards and Areas.

  1. Front Yard. A minimum of thirty-five-foot setback for all structures; front yards may be used for off-street parking complying with the parking section of this title.

  2. Side Yards. None required for interior lot lines. The street side of corner and reverse corner lots shall have a side yard equal to one-half the required front yard.

  3. Rear Yards. Minimum five feet.

  4. Lot Area. No minimum.

  5. Lot Coverage. Site coverage for the total building square footage shall not exceed fifty percent of the size of the lot. Parking areas shall not be counted as building square footage. Residential units which are on the ground floor (existing or new) shall be counted, however residential units above the ground floor shall not be counted in the square footage.

• (Ord. MCA 05-06 § 2, 2006)

• A. Parking. See Chapter 17.42 for parking requirements.

• B. Fencing. See Chapter 17.40 for fencing requirements.

• C. Signs. See Chapter 17.38 or 17.39 as applicable for sign requirements.

• (Ord. MCA 05-06 § 2, 2006)

• A. All uses shall be conducted wholly within a building except for such uses as gasoline service stations and other enterprises customarily conducted in the open. Outdoor uses shall be subject to the provision of landscaping and/or solid screen fencing relative to the type of use. Material and equipment storage and automobiles awaiting service overnight or longer shall be confined behind a six-foot solid wall or fence.

• B. There shall be no display of goods outside of the structure except for those uses customarily conducted in the open.

• C. Accessory uses shall be permitted only to the extent necessary to the limited uses permitted under this part.

• D. For new development, where required the front yard setback and the side yards and rear yards shall be landscaped by an area of no less than five feet in width along property lines and along street frontages, except for entrances and exit driveways. Said landscaped areas shall be planted and well maintained in good condition.

• E. All exterior lighting shall be shielded and directed downward on the property to prevent upward glare and glare at adjacent properties.

• F. The above highway service uses shall not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise vibration, or other similar causes beyond the level of the ordinary neighborhood retail establishment.

• (Ord. MCA 05-06 § 2, 2006)

All uses permitted in the HS district shall be subject to approval of a site plan and architectural review. Procedures for such submittal and approval will be found under Chapter 17.46 .

(Ord. MCA 05-06 § 2, 2006)