HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-17-2020 Public Comment - J. Pritchard - Opposed to REMU zoning map changeFrom:Chris Mehl
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Zoning Map Change
Date:Sunday, May 17, 2020 8:09:00 PM
Chris Mehl
Mayor, City of Bozemancmehl@bozeman.net406.581.4992________________________________________From: James Pritchard [jamespritchard12@gmail.com]Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 7:55 PMTo: Chris MehlSubject: Zoning Map Change
Dear Mayor Mehl:
I urge you to reject the proposed zoning map amendment on Bozeman's Southside.
On the Bozeman Community Plan (2009), presented on the city's Planning Department webpages, the area between19th & 3rd, and between Graf and Goldenstein, are clearly marked as "residential" (see page 285). This is the planand the expectation under which we all bought homes in Alder Creek. To suddenly thrust REMU, Industrial, andCommunity Commercial zones onto the map is at best a rude surprise, and at worst an outrage. the map says"Residential," and Residential it should stay!
I recently provided comments on the "Triangle Plan." I suggested that bike routes should be included to providecommuting and recreational opportunities for cyclists. Why is the current direction in planning not focusing on a)an intensification of existing underutilized city areas (such as North 7th) and still-developing commercial zones(such as just south of the Mall), and b) the Triangle area, from Bozeman to Belgrade and Bozeman to 4 Corners.
Why should Bozeman be developing on some of the best soils and farmland in the valley, in every direction? Again, why not intensify land use where development is already occurring?
I urge you to reject the zoning map amendments, including the REMU/Blackwood Groves development, theIndustrial designation in the SE area, and the Community Commercial designation in Bozeman's SW quadrant.
Yours sincerely,James Pritchard3117 Madrona Lane