Contact Information:
Rick Hartz, County Planner
Beaverhead County Land Use and Planning Department
Beaverhead County Courthouse
2 South Pacific Street STE #7
Dillon, Montana 59725
Phone: (406) 683-3765 Fax: (406) 683-3769
E-mail: rhartz@co.beaverhead.mt.us
Hours: 8 a.m. to noon - 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Holidays
The Land Use and Planning Department provides technical planning assistance as well as land use and development services in Beaverhead County. The Department:
- Provides staff support to the following advisory and decisions making bodies:
County Commission
Town of Lima
County Planning Board
County Airport Board - Provides technical planning support to the County Commission, Planning Board, and general public for the development and implementation of the Beaverhead County Growth Policy and other land use plans.
- Manages and administers the County’s Subdivision Regulations, as well as a variety of other land use ordinances and regulations.
- Provides staff support and issues permits as part of the Big Hole River Conservation development Standards and Permitting Process.
- Administers and reports to County Commission on applications as part of the Beaverhead County Wireless Communications Facilities Ordinance.
- Reviews and reports to decision-making bodies on subdivision proposals.
- Administrates and issues permits as part of the Airport Affected Area Regulations for the Dillon Airport.
Provided Services:
Subdivision:
Land Use Permits:
- Certificates of Surveys (COS)
- Exemptions
- Applying for subdivision, hearings, etc.
- Subdivision Regulations
- Subdivision and COS process
- Big Hole River Conservation Development Standards
- Application Process
- Wireless Communication Facilities Permit Process
- Dillon Airport Affect Area Ordinance
Long Range Planning:
Planning Department:
- Beaverhead County Growth Policy
- Area Plans
- Resource Use Plan
- Application Fees
- Reports
- Current Activities
- Planning Board Bylaws
- Planning Board Expectations
Planning Board:
The Planning Board meets the second Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room of the Law Enforcement Annex of the Beaverhead County Courthouse.
The nine Board members are appointed by the County Commissioners and serve two-year terms. One of the members of the Board must also be a member of the Beaverhead County Conservation District.
Members serve 2-year terms.
For a list of county planning board members, please click here.
Subdivision:
- Subdivision Step by Step Process
- Beaverhead County 2007 Subdivision Regulations
- BVHD Revegetation Plan
- Subdivision Weed Management Plan
- Surveyor Information Form
- Surveyor Process Notice
- Weed Beaverhead County Weed District
- Weed Board Resolution
- Weed Plan Approval Notary Form
- Fee Schedule for Planning & Sanitation 2007
Land Use Permits:
Planning Department:
Long Range Planning:
What’s New?:
Agenda and Minutes:
Mission:
- click here for the Land Use and Planning Department agendas and minutes