4926 Compass Ln, Bozeman, MT 59718

Residential Emphasis Mixed-Use District

The intent and purpose of the REMU district is to establish areas within Bozeman that are mixed-use in character and to provide options for a variety of housing, employment, retail and neighborhood service opportunities within a new or existing neighborhood.; These purposes are accomplished by: Emphasizing residential as the primary use, including single household dwellings, two to four household dwellings, townhouses, and apartments.; Providing for a diverse array of neighborhood-scaled commercial and civic uses supporting residential.; Emphasizing a vertical and horizontal mix of uses in a compact and walkable neighborhood setting.; Promoting neighborhoods that: Create self-sustaining neighborhoods that will lay the foundation for healthy lifestyles; Support compact, walkable developments that promote balanced transportation options; Have residential as the majority use with a range of densities; Provide for a diverse array of commercial and civic uses supporting residential; Have residential and commercial uses mixed vertically and/or horizontally; Locate commercial uses within walking distance; Incorporate a wider range of housing types; and Encourage developments that exhibit the physical design characteristics of vibrant, urban, and pedestrian-oriented complete streets.; Providing standards and guidelines that emphasize a sense of place: Support or add to an existing neighborhood context; Enhance an existing neighborhood's sense of place and strive to make it more self-sustainable; Encourage a new neighborhood commercial center(s) with a unique identity and strong sense of place; Develop commercial and mixed-use areas that are safe, comfortable, and attractive to pedestrians; and Reinforce the principle of streets as public places that encourage pedestrian and bicycle travel, transit, on-street parking and physical elements of complete streets.; Providing standards and guidelines that emphasize natural amenities: Preserve and integrate the natural amenities into the development; and Appropriately balance a hierarchy of both parks and public spaces that are within the neighborhood.