Planning Department

The Planning Department works with the Jefferson County Commissioners, County boards, County departments, and federal, state, and local governments to promote responsible development, growth, and land uses in Jefferson County.

 

Tasks assigned to the Planning Department include:

General long-range planning
Growth Policy development and implementation
Developing & reviewing new planning regulations and regulation updates, revisions and amendments
Subdivision review
Zoning administration and permitting
Survey review committee
Rural Improvement Districts (RIDs) and Rural Management Districts (RMDs)
Permit coordination 

Zoning Map
Planning Board

The Planning Board typically meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month but may hold other public meetings as needed. Meetings are usually held in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office Meeting Room. 

NameLocationAppointedTerm Expires
Arica KlapanWhitehall (chair)2/1/20241/31/2026
Christina BinkowskiBoulder (vice chair)2/1/20231/31/2025
Diane Fitzgerald(conservation district rep)1/31/20241/31/2026
vacant 2/1/20221/31/2024
Mike FerriterMontana City2/1/20231/31/2025
vacant 2/1/20231/31/2025
Joseph DunnMontana City2/1/20241 /31/2026
Susan PullmanMT HWY 692/1/20241/31/2026
vacant 2/1/20241/31/2026

Planning Board Agenda 

Public Hearing Notice 

  • Balsamroot Ridge Subdivision Variance Requests:

     

    The subdividers are requesting two variances to the Road Standards for Trail Ridge Road, a public road within a subdivision. One variance will allow the plasticity index to be 11 instead of between 2 and 9.The second variance will to allow the use of crushed surface course where the
    percentage by weight of materials passing through a ¾” square mesh sieve is 99%
    instead of 100%.

Planning Board Reference Map
Capital Improvements Plan and Fire Needs Assessment

In 2019, Jefferson County hired Great West Engineering and Fire Logistics Incorporated to create a capital improvements plan, inspect and inventory conditions of some county roads, and complete a fire needs assessment. The consultants completed their work in 2019 and 2020 and documents have been created to memorialize that information. Great West has produced the Jefferson County Capital Improvements Plan (dated October 2020) and the Jefferson County Road Inventories Map Series (dated October 2020). Fire Logistics Incorporated, with the assistance of Great West Engineering, produced the Jefferson County Fire Needs Assessment (dated July 2020). These documents will serve as guiding documents to assist the County Commission as it plans for future capital improvement projects and plans for increased public service needs associated with growth and development.

Contact:

LaDana Hintz, Planning Director 

PO Box H
Boulder MT 59632
phone (406) 225-4040
lhintz@jeffersoncounty-mt.gov

HOURS:
8-12 pm 1-5 pm
First Floor of Courthouse

Forms and Documents
Living With Wildlife in Jefferson County
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