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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-22-16 Public Comment - M. Butler - Bozeman Hotel CUP January 10, 2015 From: Mack Butler To: All Office Tenants From reliable sources I have been informed that attempts have and will continue for another liquor wine and beer license for use on the main floor of the Bozeman Hotel. Most of you are aware that there are already four establishments in the building serving liquor, beer and wine. Three of these,the Zebra, Colonel Black's and the 317 Pub are almost exclusively drinking bars. Only one,the Pourhouse, serves as a restaurant and bar. The 317 Pub and the Pourhouse usually start up their operations in the late morning or around mid- day. All of these establishments can continue their operations until 2 am each day. This means that alcohol is available in the Bozeman Hotel for up to 16 hours a day, enough to allow many inebriated drinkers loose on the property. I am opposed to another( fifthl bar coming into the Hotel for the following reasons: 1. We already have four bars which exceeds the tipping point for a commercial building on Main Street, Bozeman. A fifth bar in the building is unnecessary, unreasonable, unwise,and I believe, threatening to the integrity and well-being of all in the building. 2. The Bozeman Hotel is primarily an office building. All of the condominium units on the 2cd,3`d, and Vhfloors and office penthouses are occupied by office tenants, like yourselves. You occupy over 60 to 65%of the entire Bozeman Hotel. 3. As tenants you have the right to the reasonable use and professional quality of your office space. I fear that another bar in the building will affect your right to the quiet and peaceful use of your office, including disruptive bar noise and music. 4. Another bar will create additional problems regarding the limited space available for parking in the parking lot. I am already concerned that you would prefer that there are more parking spaces available for yourselves and your clients rather than fewer. 5. Several of you have expressed to me that you do not like to go into and across the parking lot at night, especially late night,when the bars are at full tilt. You have expressed that you do not feel comfortably safe. This concern has been exasperated since Bar IX (formerly the Horny Moose) has been inexistence. I share concern for all of you. 6. Over the last several years,there have been many incidents which have been very disturbing to me. Some of these include overly inebriated drinkers who have climbed the fire escapes to get onto the roof,or the top of the roof above the first floor. These include two males who jumped or fell from the top roof of the building onto the Bozeman Hotel Annex. These two required the Fire Department to break through walls of a third floor office to rescue them and take them to the hospital. On a number of occasions, other drunks both male and female have climbed over the wooden fence behind Bar IX to get onto the roof above the Bozeman Hotel first floor. On several occasions offices have been broken into off of that lower roof. On another occasion a drunk male walked out of one of the bars in the building,directly up the stairwell and opened the water main valve on the fourth floor,causing water damage from the fourth floor through all the lobbies to the main floor. This cost tens of thousands of dollars for repairs. Unfortunately we were not able to ever identify the individual. On several other occasions we have had break-ins into offices in the building. We have tried to remedy this by putting locks on all offices in the building, but I still remain concerned because of the bar population. 7. 1 have been told that the most police calls on Main Street Bozeman are for incidents occurring primarily at Bar IX, but some also in the Bozeman Hotel bars. 8. Finally, I apologize for the length of this writing, but I want you to be fully informed of my concerns. I also request that you each express your concerns and personal views on the following survey. Please ask any employee or staff to also complete the survey. ;alcutle y, r Survey to All Office Tenants, Employees and Staff in the Bozeman Hotel: 1) Do you support or favor another(fifth bar)on the main Floor of the Bozeman Hotel? Yes No Indifferent 2) Concern for the quiet and peaceful use of your private Office Space, day night and weekends. Yes No Indifferent 3) Concern for Break-Ins,Vandalism, and damage that has already occurred and may continue. Yes No Indifferent 4) Concern for impact on parking lot which is already pressed to provide parking for tenants,clients, bar Patrons and employees. Yes No Indifferent 5) Concern for safety in parking area, especially at night and late night. Yes No Indifferent 6) Concern for police activity on calls regarding Bar IX and the Bozeman Hotel Bars. I know of no calls made regarding office tenants. Yes No Indifferent Please read and circle or underline your response and return this survey to Sherry Sims Beach in Suite 311 as soon as you can. It would be helpful if you would sign and indicate your office suite number. If you prefer not to give your name, please indicate your suite number. Again, Thank You, Mack B tler BOZ E MAN MT Planning NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application was submitted to the Department of Community Development requesting permission for the sales of alcohol for on- premise consumption in the bar and restaurant tenant spaces in the Bozeman Hotel building located 321 East Main Street.A CUP is required for on-premise consumption of alcohol in all zoning districts. The property at 321 East Main Street and is legally described as Bozeman Multilevel Condo Lot 17-19, Lot 22-24,parts of Lots 15-16, 20 and 21,Block D,Bozeman Original Plat, S07,T02S, R06E, City of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana The purpose of the public hearing is to consider the Conditional Use Permit Application 16084 for the 321 East Main Street on-premise consumption project, requested by Pub 317 Business Owner Bar Keeper, LLC 321 East Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59715 and representative and applicant, Hip and Humble Architecture 418 South Fifth Avenue, Bozeman MT 59715, pursuant to Chapter 38 (Unified Development Code - UDC) of the Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC). PUBLI7 C HEARING BOZEMAN CITY COMMISSION Monday,July 25, 2016 6:00 p.m. Commission Meeting Room Bozeman City Hall 121 North Rouse Avenue Bozeman. Montana The City invites the public to comment in writing and to attend the public hearing. Written comments may be directed to the City of Bozeman Department of Community Development, Attn: Planner Danielle Martin, PO Box 1230, Bozeman, MT 59771-1230. Maps and related data regarding this application may be reviewed in the City of Bozeman Department of Community Development,Alfred M. Stiff Professional Building, 20 East Olive Street, 582-2285. For those who require accommodations for disabilities, please contact the City's ADA Coordinator, Mike Gray,at 582-3232 (voice), 582-2301 (TDD). Please reference 321 East Main On- Premise CUP,Application 16084 in any correspondence. TDD: 406-582-2301 THE MOST LIVABLE PLACE