2025 Amendments to the Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan

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On February 2, 2026, the City Council adopted amendments to the Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan. Resolution #8926.

Introduction

The Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan and Map has been adopted and is already guiding how Missoula grows. The plan helps manage where and how development happens so that growth reflects community values, considers real-world constraints, and meets the needs of residents. Visit the interactive “What’s My Zoning?” map to explore the City’s Place Types, or view the full Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan here.

The final phase of the Our Missoula project focused on updating the City’s zoning map and development codes—key tools for putting the Land Use Plan into action. Learn more about the past Code Reform process here.

As staff finalized the Unified Development Code (UDC), several provisions differed from the Land Use Plan, requiring corresponding updates to the Plan to maintain consistency, as required by state law. These minor but important amendments were noticed, reviewed, and adopted alongside the Unified Development Code. City Council also approved 11 additional Land Use Plan amendments, including updates to both plan text and the associated Place Types Map.

Text Amendments
An overview of all adopted text amendments:

  • Comparable zoning districts are updated to align with the new UDC (Title 22). This includes the renaming of Title 22’s Industrial Mixed Use (I-MU) zoning district to Transitional Mixed Use (T-MU) in order to clearly show its purpose in guiding industrial areas toward urban mixed-use development.
  • Childcare centers are now allowed in Industrial and Employment Center Place Types, supporting care closer to workplaces.
  • The Airport Hazard Area is now included as a development constraint for the Urban Residential High, Urban Mixed-Use Low, and Civic place types.
  • Airport-related hazard considerations are clarified to explicitly include a potential second runway within Land Use Policy Themes (Focus Inward) and Airport Constraints in the Place Types section.
  • Residential intensity limits are increased in the Urban Residential High Place Type to better support higher-density housing.
  • “Large Apartment Complex” is added to the list of applicable Building Types in the Urban Residential Low Place Type, expanding housing options in lower-intensity areas.
  • Introduction language for the Urban Mixed-Use High Place Type is updated to consistently describe typical building heights as 3 to 8 stories.
  • Descriptions related to commercial intensity and parking/access are removed from the Urban Mixed-Use Low Place Type to align with changes to the UDC.
  • The Street Types Map description now clarifies that it is approximate and for illustrative purposes, with the official version available on the City’s website.

Map Amendments
An overview of all amendments to the Place Types map:

  • In the Riverfront neighborhood, a block is changing to mixed-use to match the existing mix of uses, nearby amenities, and multi-modal access.
  • In Sx͏ʷtpqyen (S-wh-tip-KAYN), the Grant Creek “horseshoe bend” will be straightened and realigned, allowing for the conversion of what was only potential Industrial area to Urban Mixed-Use Low.
  • In the Westside, the area between the railroad and West Broadway will change to Industrial and Employment.
  • Parcels at the intersection of Miller Creek Road and Linda Vista are changing to mixed-use to reflect its approved development rights and status as a neighborhood mixed-use node. There are currently a restaurant and market on the site.
  • In the Upper Rattlesnake, an existing winery and vineyard will have an expanded place type to allow additional agricultural and related uses, supporting “working lands” in a rural context.
  • Parcels near campus and owned by the University of Montana are being changed to Civic to align with the current public use of the land.
  • Areas north and south of Mount Avenue in Rose Park are changing from Urban Mixed-Use High to Urban Mixed-Use Low to reflect their primarily residential character and align with recently approved zoning updates.
  • A parcel north of Rimel Road in Moose Can Gully is changing from Open and Resource to Limited Urban Residential to match surrounding residential properties and reflect an approved zoning change requested by the property owner.
  • Several parcels in the Riverfront and Franklin to the Fort neighborhoods are changing from Urban Mixed-Use High to Urban Residential High to reflect their primarily residential character and align with approved zoning updates.
  • Updates also align the Land Use Plan with the 2025 Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Trails (PROST) Plan, re-designating select parcels to Parks and Conservation across the city.

Review the Adopted Amendments

To view the adopted the Land Use Plan amendments in detail, click on the Adoption Draft - 2025 Land Use Plan Amendments and the Council Approved - Additional Land Use Plan Amendments under the "Documents" header on the right.

On February 2, 2026, the City Council adopted amendments to the Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan. Resolution #8926.

Introduction

The Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan and Map has been adopted and is already guiding how Missoula grows. The plan helps manage where and how development happens so that growth reflects community values, considers real-world constraints, and meets the needs of residents. Visit the interactive “What’s My Zoning?” map to explore the City’s Place Types, or view the full Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan here.

The final phase of the Our Missoula project focused on updating the City’s zoning map and development codes—key tools for putting the Land Use Plan into action. Learn more about the past Code Reform process here.

As staff finalized the Unified Development Code (UDC), several provisions differed from the Land Use Plan, requiring corresponding updates to the Plan to maintain consistency, as required by state law. These minor but important amendments were noticed, reviewed, and adopted alongside the Unified Development Code. City Council also approved 11 additional Land Use Plan amendments, including updates to both plan text and the associated Place Types Map.

Text Amendments
An overview of all adopted text amendments:

  • Comparable zoning districts are updated to align with the new UDC (Title 22). This includes the renaming of Title 22’s Industrial Mixed Use (I-MU) zoning district to Transitional Mixed Use (T-MU) in order to clearly show its purpose in guiding industrial areas toward urban mixed-use development.
  • Childcare centers are now allowed in Industrial and Employment Center Place Types, supporting care closer to workplaces.
  • The Airport Hazard Area is now included as a development constraint for the Urban Residential High, Urban Mixed-Use Low, and Civic place types.
  • Airport-related hazard considerations are clarified to explicitly include a potential second runway within Land Use Policy Themes (Focus Inward) and Airport Constraints in the Place Types section.
  • Residential intensity limits are increased in the Urban Residential High Place Type to better support higher-density housing.
  • “Large Apartment Complex” is added to the list of applicable Building Types in the Urban Residential Low Place Type, expanding housing options in lower-intensity areas.
  • Introduction language for the Urban Mixed-Use High Place Type is updated to consistently describe typical building heights as 3 to 8 stories.
  • Descriptions related to commercial intensity and parking/access are removed from the Urban Mixed-Use Low Place Type to align with changes to the UDC.
  • The Street Types Map description now clarifies that it is approximate and for illustrative purposes, with the official version available on the City’s website.

Map Amendments
An overview of all amendments to the Place Types map:

  • In the Riverfront neighborhood, a block is changing to mixed-use to match the existing mix of uses, nearby amenities, and multi-modal access.
  • In Sx͏ʷtpqyen (S-wh-tip-KAYN), the Grant Creek “horseshoe bend” will be straightened and realigned, allowing for the conversion of what was only potential Industrial area to Urban Mixed-Use Low.
  • In the Westside, the area between the railroad and West Broadway will change to Industrial and Employment.
  • Parcels at the intersection of Miller Creek Road and Linda Vista are changing to mixed-use to reflect its approved development rights and status as a neighborhood mixed-use node. There are currently a restaurant and market on the site.
  • In the Upper Rattlesnake, an existing winery and vineyard will have an expanded place type to allow additional agricultural and related uses, supporting “working lands” in a rural context.
  • Parcels near campus and owned by the University of Montana are being changed to Civic to align with the current public use of the land.
  • Areas north and south of Mount Avenue in Rose Park are changing from Urban Mixed-Use High to Urban Mixed-Use Low to reflect their primarily residential character and align with recently approved zoning updates.
  • A parcel north of Rimel Road in Moose Can Gully is changing from Open and Resource to Limited Urban Residential to match surrounding residential properties and reflect an approved zoning change requested by the property owner.
  • Several parcels in the Riverfront and Franklin to the Fort neighborhoods are changing from Urban Mixed-Use High to Urban Residential High to reflect their primarily residential character and align with approved zoning updates.
  • Updates also align the Land Use Plan with the 2025 Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Trails (PROST) Plan, re-designating select parcels to Parks and Conservation across the city.

Review the Adopted Amendments

To view the adopted the Land Use Plan amendments in detail, click on the Adoption Draft - 2025 Land Use Plan Amendments and the Council Approved - Additional Land Use Plan Amendments under the "Documents" header on the right.

Page last updated: 04 Feb 2026, 02:29 PM