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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 Project Summary and Document Org 10-01-2019 Bridger View PUDP & PLAT Applications Project Summary | Page 1 Project Summary Project Bridger View is envisioned as a diverse neighborhood where households at various income levels, stages of life, sizes and backgrounds can afford to purchase a home in Bozeman. The new neighborhood features 62 modest, well-designed houses compatible in scale with Bozeman’s older neighborhoods. The design provides adequate parking while emphasizing pedestrian pathways and connectivity including adjacency to the new Story Mill Community Park and regional trails. Characteristics include a comfortable neighborhood scale, walkable streetscape, modest size, simple construction and shared community spaces. Porches, front yards, sidewalks, shared courtyards and tree-lined streets offer a welcoming setting. The Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) plans to develop the neighborhood in its entirety ensuring a level of quality design and overall coordination. Exceeding the standards of Bozeman’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, 50 percent of the houses will be perpetually affordable to households of moderate income. A new community land trust (CLT) will be established, drawing on the expertise and capacity of HRDC, to permanently preserve the condition and availability of affordably priced homes at Bridger View. Market rate and CLT homes will be interspersed throughout the site, indistinguishable in quality and design. This project will create an innovative neighborhood that provides an inventory of homes that are permanently affordable. As a community based-model, it integrates private development, non- profit and philanthropic investments along with cost-sharing for offsite infrastructure upgrades by the City of Bozeman through the Capital Improvements Plan. History The site is an 8-acre parcel of land located at the junction of Bridger Drive and Story Mill Road. A dense development plan was approved for the parcel and surrounding properties in 2008 but failed after changing the zoning, annexing into the city and closing the 92-family trailer park. The Trust for Public Land (TPL) acquired the property in 2012 as part of the larger Story Mill Community Park development plan. TPL transferred the property to HRDC and formed a partnership to develop the Bridger View conceptual plan and support for the housing neighborhood. The following entitlement and outreach steps have been completed to date: • In 2017, the Bridger View Concept Planned Unit Development (PUD) was informally reviewed by the Development Review Committee, the Design Review Board, the Planning Board and the City Commission. • The Subdivision Pre-Application was reviewed in April of 2019 by the Development Review Committee and the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board. Bridger View PUDP & PLAT Applications Project Summary | Page 2 • A Growth Policy Map Amendment and Zone Map Amendment were both approved in Summer 2019 by the City Commission. • Neighbors and community members were invited to an August 1, 2019 informational meeting and provided positive comments and responses to the development team partnership. The team has carefully analyzed all of the feedback from City departments, elected officials, volunteer boards, neighbors and potential future residents. Project Overview & Design Intent Bridger View’s goal is lasting affordability and livability. Through the lens of this longer view, the quality of construction and materials and the integrity of the natural systems that will sustain the neighborhood become even more important. The Bridger View Owners Association will exercise long-term stewardship of the entire neighborhood as detailed in the Design Guidelines and covenants. Community Land Trust families will have the added support and stewardship of that entity. Bridger View, with a net density of 7.9 houses/acre, offers a variety of clustered attached and detached homes that range in size from 750 to 1,575 square feet. This product type fills a gap that is in limited supply in Bozeman and fits within the greater neighborhood context. Lots, ranging in size from 1700 to 3650 square feet, are sized to accommodate modest front yards and usable front porches, with back and/or side yards as private outdoor space. Long-term sustainability and affordability are being achieved for both the neighborhood and individual home construction. LEED for Neighborhood Design is being pursued as well as a sustainability framework for the homes, which emphasis well-built construction techniques that meet national best practices in sustainability, lowering both initial costs and long-term operations and maintenance costs. The site has direct vehicular access to two major streets, Bridger Drive and Story Mill Road and exceptional pedestrian and bike connectivity via the existing Story Mill Spur Trail, the new Path to the M as well as trails throughout Story Mill Community Park. While Hillside Lane will be built to the city’s standard for public streets, the other internal streets are intentionally smaller in scale commensurate with older neighborhood streets. These “shared streets” are designed to limit the speed of cars, making them safe and friendlier places. Adequate parking is accessed from alleys and the simplified street grid and compact development give ready access to the site for emergency vehicles. Everyday safety is a primary concern in the design of Bridger View. A key component of this is right sized streets that slow vehicles moving through the neighborhood and a site plan laid out to provide efficient access to units by emergency vehicles, residents, and guests. This application is purposefully very different than a typical suburban residential subdivision. In a compact neighborhood such as this, it is essential that every site element from unit sizes and setbacks to utility spacing and street widths is thoroughly analyzed and thoughtfully designed to Bridger View PUDP & PLAT Applications Project Summary | Page 3 be the right scale without sacrificing safety and functionality. This scaling down results in the need for relaxations from code standards. Wherever possible, national best practices are incorporated into the project. Document Organization Two concurrent applications are being submitted for this project: • The Preliminary PUD sets the stage for the neighborhood with Design Guidelines that are written to uphold the sustainable pattern established by the development and construction of the project. Relaxations are requested for design excellence and for alternative new standards that enhance and protect health, safety and welfare. PUD Points help to quantify the community benefit of this project. • The Preliminary Plat permits a subdivision to allow the homes to sit on individual lots, compatible with the ownership model. While the applications are separate, they are dependent on one another. Some key documents, such as the Design Guidelines, are repeated in both submittals to allow advisory boards that may only be reviewing one application to have more access to the data and information and underlying intent of the overall project.