Glastonbury Landowners Association

The purpose of this Standard is to help Glastonbury landowners plan and contract for the construction of a road or driveway. In order to plan a road or driveway, it is necessary to prepare a parcel master plan, select and stake the best route, develop a site drawing, fill out and submit the Glastonbury Project Review and Preliminary Application with the required attachments. The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

This detailed document is not a do-it-yourself manual and sets forth only minimum standards and specifications for the Community of Glastonbury. A particular situation may require standards and specifications that exceed those set forth herein. It is recommended that the landowner study the material referenced in this publication to become more informed. It is also recommended that the landowner use qualified personnel in the planning and execution of this type of project. The standards in this document have, in part, been superseded by the above 2004 Updated Road and Driveway Standards.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

Creating a subdivision is a three part process that usually spans a year or more. GLA approval is REQUIRED BEFORE you apply to Park County and AFTER they approve your project. The State Family Conveyance subdivision process does not change the two approvals you need from the GLA.
These policies and standards, and the definitions contained herein, are effective concerning new activities and/or proposed subdivisions after August 31, 1993. Past activities shall become subject to these policies and standards only if they are or become the subject of a new application for subdivision approval in Glastonbury or under the Park County Subdivision Regulations and/or Montana Subdivision and Platting Act.
It is the landowner's responsibility to design and implement each subdivision in accordance with the within policies and standards, the Declaration of Covenants for the Community of Glastonbury, and applicable state and local laws and regulations.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

The topographical areas and density schedules flow from the topography and location of the individual parcels. A parcel's capacity for development is also determined by access, road snow removal, fire protection, visual impact, and surrounding land use. The 6.6 Schedule of Residential Topographical Areas and Density creates a framework whereby the landowners gain a level of stability in knowing what to expect in the growth of their neighborhood. Orderly growth promotes beauty and harmony in the neighborhood. The overall effect is to preserve the rural residential character of the neighborhoods, while encouraging sound and creative growth. By allowing various densities of development in the Residential Areas, the Master Plan allows a wide variety of residential development that can respond to individual and market demands.
Generally, the building density is scheduled for single-family residences, with the highest density set at 1 dwelling unit per 4 acres, which would allow five units on an original twenty-acre parcel. A cluster development allows for a higher density by building the dwelling units closer together, and surrounding the houses with open spaces helps preserve the rural atmosphere of Glastonbury. A central public potable water and wastewater system is many times necessary. The limit of five houses per original parcel, which has been the de facto development density of Glastonbury, was due to the largest number of tracts allowed under the State's minor subdivision classification.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

To plan a septic system, it is necessary to prepare a parcel master plan, select a site, make a system layout, obtain percolation test data, obtain a Park County sanitary permit, fill out and submit the Glastonbury Project Review Preliminary Application with the required attachments, and await the approval of the project.
An experienced contractor or consultant can and should be engaged in the planning process.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

For purposes of the application, administration and enforcement of these specifications, standards and rules, and for no other purposes in the Community of Glastonbury, the term "mobile home" used herein shall also include trailers, modular homes or any other housing substantially manufactured and assembled in a factory for transportation onto a private housing site-whether built under the national HUD codes, state UBC codes, or any other building codes or regulations.
Some of the requirements in this document apply only to the Golden Age Village, and these are noted as such. All of the other requirements apply equally to mobile home installations in both the Golden Age Village and the entire Community of Glastonbury.
The definition of a Mobile Home changed in 2007 with the adoption of the Land Use Master Plan. Please review that document and the below 2003 Updated Mobile Home Standards.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

Mobile homes are allowed in the Community of Glastonbury under Section 6.05 of the Restated Declaration of Covenants for the Community of Glastonbury. In addition, this Section adopts further rules regarding appearance and quality of mobile homes to be placed either on individual parcels in the community or in the Golden Age Village in Glastonbury, North. Mobile homes placed in Glastonbury before June 16, 1997, are governed by the above Original Specifications and Standards for Mobile Homes in The Community of Glastonbury and The Golden Age Village Rev 88-2.
The terms "mobile home", "mobile unit", "modular home," and "manufactured housing" as used in the Land Use Master Plan shall abide by the 2003 Updated Mobile Home Standards. Tiny Homes that are built in a factory and transported to Glastonbury on wheels must meet HUD and the 2003 Mobile Home Standards.
Mobile homes shall:
1) be no older than 10 years old,
2) be a minimum width of 24 feet,
3) have pitch shingled roof
4) have wood siding or simulated wood siding
5)have a foundation that includes stripped footing and
6) be recessed into the ground.

The GLA recognizes two cases for mobile homes in the Community:
1) As a permanent dwelling, and
2) As temporary living quarters while building a permanent home.
These two cases are treated differently by the Glastonbury Landowners Association and Project Review Committee.

The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

Reclamation activities should be included in the initial planning of every project. The most important element in successfully restoring and landscaping a site disturbed by construction is having sufficient topsoil to support the growth of grass, shrubs, and trees. Topsoil in this area is thin and extremely valuable because it is in such short supply. Nonorganic subsoils, or topsoils indiscriminately mixed with subsoils, will not usually support the growth of healthy and attractive vegetation. Property owners and their contractors are therefore responsible for removing and preserving the topsoil on areas of their property to be disturbed before the beginning of construction, replacing the topsoil after construction, and then seeding, mulching, irrigating, and controlling runoff, erosion, and weed growth until healthy vegetation is reestablished.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.

The sign guidelines establish minimum standards for the placement of signs within Glastonbury as per Section 6.04 of the Glastonbury Covenants.
The Lighting guidelines establish minimum standards for the placement of exterior lighting within Glastonbury so as to maximize the necessary lighting and to minimize "light pollution" that intrudes on one of Glastonbury's desired features - the night time sky.
Fence Standards are a work in progress.
The application and review process with the Glastonbury Project Review Committee is REQUIRED before any construction can take place.