HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-29-18 Public Comment - O. & T. Mann - Kagy Crossroads Zone Map Amendment1
Robin Crough
From:Tom Rogers
Sent:Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:09 PM
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Kagy rezoning
Categories:Public Comment
From: ShadeTreeMT,LLC <shadetreemtllc@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 1:50 PM
To: Tom Rogers <TRogers@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: Kagy rezoning
Terry Mann, MD
Teresa P. Mann, MD
ShadeTreeMT,LLC
88 Saddle Creek Rd
Bozeman, MT 59715
Tom Rogers
Bozeman Planner
20 E Olive St.
Bozeman MT 59771
Dear Tom, 5/29/18
We would like to protest the changing of zoning from B-2 to B-2M proposed in File Number 18-132, Kagy Crossroads
Development Action. We own Building B in the Kagy Village Commercial Condominiums immediately to the west of the
referenced property. B-2M allows for construction of a mix of businesses as well as residential together.
We are concerned with the potential of a large scale residential area emerging as a result of the rezoning. There does not appear
to be a defined ratio of these, lending the possibility of dense residential development with “token” commercial units.
There are 12 businesses in Kagy Village and surrounding the referenced plot is Crowley Fleck, Stockman Bank, Bioscience
Labs, Canyon River Spa/Salon and Blackbridge. Already, in what was to be Phase 3 of Kagy Village, the planned commercial
development was somehow replaced by a large scale residential complex. What was zoned to be an area for a concentration of
businesses to serve the southeast part of Bozeman has already lost part of its footprint. The existing section of B-2 is the only
area south of the main street corridor for a concentration of businesses to serve the rapidly growing south part or town. It seems
we should be adding more pockets of B-2, not deleting
Annex of Bozeman is the Indianapolis based company seeking the rezoning, likely as a condition for purchasing the
property. They appear to be in the business of developing housing units for students, a high density residential use. Part of our
concern is the relaxed parking requirements for the new zoning. Residential parking is difficult to manage when combined with
commercial. The cars of residents fill up the already curtailed amount of dedicated parking and the trailers, drift boats,
motorcycles and recreational vehicles spill out into the streets. Or, vice versa. Either way, reliable street parking of benefit to
the peripheral businesses is compromised, not to mention giving a cluttered look that degrades the desirability of the
surrounding businesses who were expecting commercial neighbors as part of their business planning.
Dont mistake this as a rant against college students. MSU kids are, by and large, hard working and responsible. I have concerns
as to their safety. Students in large numbers crossing 19th Avenue even at the crosswalk on Kagy seems perilous, but the fact
that most will cut across at Remington for the short cut to campus is downright dangerous.
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B-2M zoning is rare on the Bozeman map. I must think there are few situations where it was originally deemed by planners to
be of benefit. The zoning of the North 7th corridor is one large instance and that makes sense to address the problems with how
that has been used over the decades. It’s broke, so it is getting fixed. The only benefit to the proposed rezoning, here, 18-
132, is to the two out of state (Indiana, Florida) development interests looking to bend the rules to cash in on Bozeman’s
growth. The existing B-2 zoning is not broke so please don’t ”fix” it.
Sincerely,
Orville (Terry) Mann, MD Teresa P. Mann, MD
shadetreemtllc@gmail.com tmannderm@gmail.com
406-579-0674 406-579-0674