HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-21 Public Comment - T. Schuster - Buffalo Run DevelopmentFrom: Theresa Nichols Schuster
To: Agenda
Subject: Public Comment on Buffalo Run R-5 Permit request
Date: Monday, January 11, 2021 9:17:54 AM
January 11, 2021
RE: Public Comment on Proposed Buffalo Run R-5 Permit Request
Dear Chris Saunders and Zoning Commission and City Commission Members:
The request for a high density R-5 Permit for the proposed Buffalo Run development near
Meadow Creek Subdivision and Fowler is inappropriate and incompatible with the current
usage and development in the area. The surrounding area is almost entirely low density, single
family homes and farmland.
R-5, high density development is only to be permitted near mixed-use districts. There are no
mixed use districts near Buffalo Run. Also R-5 is to be near jobs and services, walkable, and
served by transit. None of these requirements exist for the proposed Buffalo Run R-5 request.
R-5 housing by its nature and volume of traffic is to be situated near main arteries. Buffalo
Run R-5 is proposed to be run through single family neighborhoods with a 288 unit volume of
traffic. This amount of traffic day and night is a safety concern for area children and residents
as well as blight on the peace and character of our subdivision. These kind of high density
developments are to be situated near arteries for direct access, not through family
neighborhoods. Suggested future plans to trim a Meadow Creek park and redirect the high
volume traffic to Blackwood is another attempt to route traffic through a single family
neighborhood that has been previously approved by the city.
I request that you deny the high density R-5 permit for Buffalo Run as it is inconsistent with
Bozeman’s Community Plan for an urban neighborhood and it does not meet the necessary
Zoning Criteria for an R-5 development.
Respectfully,
Theresa Schuster
6219 Blackwood Road
Bozeman, MT 59718
email: tnschuster7@gmail.com
Phone: (406) 570-9460