HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-19-2020 Public Comment - J. Pritchard - Reject Zoning Map AmendmentFrom:James Pritchard
To:Agenda
Subject:Southside Map Amendment
Date:Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:29:52 AM
Dear City Planning Board:
I urge you to reject the proposed zoning map amendment on Bozeman's Southside, in
particular the change for Blackwood Groves.
On the Bozeman Community Plan (2009), presented on the city's Planning Departmentwebpages, the area between 19th & 3rd, and between Graf and Goldenstein, are clearly
marked as "residential" (see page 285). This is the plan and the expectation under which weall bought homes in Alder Creek. To suddenly thrust the Blackwood Groves REMU,
Industrial, and Community Commercial zones onto the map is at best a rude surprise, and atworst an outrage. The map says "Residential," and Residential it should stay!
Additionally, the REMU does not fit directly adjacent to Sacajawea Middle School. Other
commercial and service facilities and opportunities are located nearby on Kagy, 11th, 19th,and College Street, and from the Mall to Downtown.
I recently provided comments on the "Triangle Plan." I suggested that bike routes should be
included to provide commuting and recreational opportunities for cyclists. Why is the currentdirection 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), andb) 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 everydirection? 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, the Industrial designation in the SE area, and the Community Commercialdesignation in Bozeman's SW quadrant.
Yours sincerely,
James Pritchard3117 Madrona Lane