HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-20 Public Comment - R. Krueger - Growth PolicyFrom: Tom Rogers
To: Agenda
Subject: FW: FLUM Digital Comments
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:34:31 AM
Attachments: Growth Policy Comments Industrial 2020-01-21.pdf
Growth Policy Comments Request B-1 2020-01-21.pdf
Comment on the Community Plan.
From: Ryan Krueger <rkrueger@intrinsikarchitecture.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:35 AM
To: Tom Rogers <TRogers@BOZEMAN.NET>; Chris Saunders <csaunders@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: FLUM Digital Comments
Good Morning Tom and Chris,
Attached are copies of the comments that I shared last night with the Planning
Board. Thanks for your assistance last night.
Thanks,
Ryan Krueger, AICP CFM
Senior Planner
intrinsik architecture, inc.
111 north tracy avenue
bozeman, montana 59715
t. 406.582.8988 x206
www.intrinsikarchitecture.com
Growth Policy Comments
(City) Planning Board
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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Request #1, Option #1: Request that the properties outlined in orange above remain
designated as the Industrial Plan Category as they are described in the current Growth Policy
Future Land Use Map (FLUM).
Justification: A recent request to reclassify the area outlined in green in the above figure as
Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use, submitted on January 6, 2020 and approved by motion by the
Planning Board on January 14, 2020, could effectively create significant “non-conforming”
situations for the properties outlined in orange. Moreover, the inclusion of the NEHMU Zoning
District in the Zoning Correlation Table for Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use Plan Category
areas would not permit uses that already exist on these sites (i.e. Manufacturing, Heavy).
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Request #1, Option #2: Another option to address the creation of “non-conforming” situations
would be the addition of the M1 Zoning to the Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use Plan Category
within the Zoning Correlation Table (above figure).
Justification: As has been previously addressed, a recent request to reclassify the area shown in
green in Figure 1 as Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use could effectively create significant “non-
conforming” situations. Moreover, the proposed inclusion of the NEHMU Implementing Zoning
District in the Zoning Correlation Table for Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use Plan Category
would not permit uses that are established on these sites (Ex. Manufacturing, Heavy). The
requested addition of M1 Zoning to the Commercial Emphasis Mixed Use Plan Category within
the Zoning Correlation Table would resolve a number of these concerns and allow existing and
established uses to operate and further develop should they so choose.
Growth Policy Comments
(City) Planning Board
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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Request #2: The Board’s addition of the B-1 Zoning District to the Urban Residential Plan
Category begs the question “Why not also add B-1 Zoning to the Residential Emphasis Mixed
Use Plan Category?”.
Therefore, we are requesting that B-1 Zoning be added to the Residential (Emphasis) Mixed
Use Plan Category (see above).
Justification: Whereas the draft Growth Policy describes the Urban Neighborhood land use
category as appropriate for “some neighborhood-serving commerce”, the Residential
(Emphasis) Mixed Use land use category is described as appropriate to be “integrated with
small-scale commercial … uses”.
The intent of the B-1 Zoning District, as described in the effective UDC, is to provide
“neighborhood business district(s) … for smaller scale retail and service activities frequently
required by neighborhood residents on a day to day basis”. Thus, it appears from the UDC
definition of B-1 that this zoning district would be appropriate to include the Zoning Correlation
Table for both the Urban Neighborhood and Residential (Emphasis) Mixed Use Plan Categories.