HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-19-18 Protest - D. & L. Crites - Rainbow Creek Annexation and Zone Map AmendmentAugust 17, 2018
City of Bozeman Zoning
121 North Rouse
Bozeman, MT 59715
Re: Rainbow Creek Annexation and Zoning
To: Bozeman Zoning Commission
My husband and I, along with our two school-aged children live in Baxter Meadows
West neighborhood at 4261 Equestrian Lane.
This is a letter to protest against the Rainbow Creek Zoning Map Annexation request
to zone the property located at 4555 Baxter Lane to an R-5. This parcel is located
across from the near-completed sports park and further surrounded by all R-1
zoning. High-density housing can be found much further east in our neighborhood.
R-5 zoning in this parcel will stick out like a sore thumb. How ridiculous will it look
to have an R-5 island surrounded by all R-1?
As a homeowner and resident of our home on Equestrian Lane since 2012 I am
asking the commission to NOT APPROVE this proposed annexation as it will not fit
in with the surrounding homes and detract from our neighborhood. Immediately
next to and surrounded by R-1 housing is not a place for a R-5 dwelling with the
potential for commercial use high-density housing.
I ask of the commission to please consider the viewpoints of the current residents.
And for those commissioners who live in single-family homes on R-1 lots, Would you
be concerned if a R-5 development went up next to you? It is always easy to have
someone else’s neighborhood be the brunt of high-density developments, but
consider how much you would be concerned if it were going in next to your home, in
your neighborhood.
Should this unconnected high density development be approved by the commission,
this would be the very definition of “Spot Zoning.” R-5 is ONLY appropriate for
areas adjacent to mixed districts and/or served by transit. This parcel is neither.
We request the application for R-5 zoning is denied.
Sincerely
David & Lora Crites
4261 Equestrian Lane
Bozeman, MT 59718