HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-19-21 Public Comment - K. Ryan - Buffalo Run App. 21076From:agenda@bozeman.net
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First Name Kate
Last Name Ryan
Email Address katiej.ryan@gmail.com
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Comments
I'm writing as a Meadow Creek resident in opposition to the proposed R-4 zoning of Buffalo Run. My
opposition centers on the fact that the R-4 zoning description is inappropriate for this area: “is appropriate
for areas adjacent to mixed-use districts, commercial districts, and/or served by transit to accommodate a
higher density of residents in close proximity to jobs and service” (Bozeman Code of Ordinances, Sec.
38.300.100, E). It makes sense that they pulled the R-5 zoning application, but this R-4 zoning application is
in fact no better because it is too high density to be adjacent to Meadow Creek and send a considerable
amount of traffic through this neighborhood that people have chosen as small and quiet. It will no longer
be safe or quiet if Buffalo Run goes in as an R-4. And it’s certainly too high a density for agricultural
residents on Fowler.
My opposition remains steadfast for this zoning because this piece of land is not adjacent to commercial
districts, is not on a bus line, and is not close to jobs or services. It meets none of the guidelines for R-4. The
closest grocery store is Town and Country on 11th, and you can’t walk there since it’s too far and much of
19th is unpaved. Enterprise you can’t even count as commercial since it’s largely condos and the climbing
gym and defunct Oracle, so to pretend that is a commercial zone people might go to is absurd. Additionally,
R-4s allow medical marijuana facilities and other business facilities that would change the whole character
of this peaceful neighborhood. While the developers say they mean to pave Fowler from that property to
Stuckey along county standards, there’s no guarantee that’ll happen, and it’s clear the bulk of the traffic
from this development will come through Meadow Creek and dramatically increase the traffic on Kurk. Kurk
is a small neighborhood road, and the numbers of people that would use it for driving access to W. Graf
would be dangerous, loud and out of character with this neighborhood, which is a Zone 3 operating as a
Zone 1.
I think a R-2 or R-3 makes sense for Buffalo. Run. I attended the meeting the developer had with residents
after they pulled their R-5 application, and it’s clear they simply want to make as much money as possible
by doing as high density of a building plan as possible, while pretending they won’t to us residents to get us
to go along with them. Opposing this sort of spot zoning is critical because this area along 19th is going to
get developed, and it needs to be done well for our current lifestyle and existing neighborhoods here in
Bozeman.
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