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

 

Mission:

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:

Land Use & Planning Department

Subdivision:

  • Certificates of Surveys (COS)
  • Exemptions
  • Applying for subdivision, hearings, etc.
  • Subdivision Regulations
  • Subdivision and COS process

Land Use Permits:

  • Big Hole River Conservation Development Standards
  • Application Process
  • Wireless Communication Facilities Permit Process
  • Dillon Airport Affect Area Ordinance

Long Range Planning:

  • Beaverhead County Growth Policy
  • Area Plans
  • Resource Use Plan

Planning Department:

  • 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.

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