Community Development · Staff review
Helena Zoning: Current vs Proposed
A side-by-side comparison of the City of Helena's current zoning regulations against the proposed districts in the consultant's Preliminary Recommendations Report. It reads the two together — every current district, where it lands, and what changes.
The current side is the City's adopted zoning (Helena City Code Title 11). The proposed side is the district framework recommended in Zoning Regulations Update — Preliminary Recommendations Report, prepared by Houseal Lavigne (City of Helena consultant) and dated 2026-07-16. That report is a draft for city staff review only — a set of preliminary recommendations, not adopted regulation.
Sixteen proposed base and overlay districts, mapped from the current district set.
At a glance
The full mapping, with intent and dimensional detail, is on the District comparison page.
| Land use category | Current district(s) | Proposed | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Residential | R-1 + R-2 | SR | Consolidated |
| Urban Residential | R-3 | NR | Renamed |
| Urban Residential | R-U | UR | Renamed |
| Mixed-Use | R-4 + R-O | MU | Consolidated |
| Downtown | DT + TR | DT | Consolidated |
| Commercial | B-1 | B-1 | Retained |
| Commercial | B-2 | B-2 | Retained |
| Commercial | B-3 | CC | Replaced (new) |
| Industrial | CLM | CLM | Retained |
| Industrial | M-I | M-I | Retained |
| Industrial | Airport | AP | Renamed |
| Public / Semi-Public | PLI | PLI | Retained |
| Parks and Open Space | (no current district) | OS | New |
| Overlay | PUD (process) | PUD-O | |
| Eliminated | OSR | OSR | Eliminated |
| Eliminated | T | T | Eliminated |
Map
Crosswalk
Current district(s) → proposed district, grouped by land use category, with the change for each.
Detail
District comparison
Every proposed district: what it comes from, its intent, and a current-vs-proposed dimensional table.
Provenance
Method & sources
The source report, and how proposed dimensional numbers are handled where the report gives none.