HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-06-21 Public Comment - L. Semones - Development Code Input and Ideas MmaiI Susan Riggs <sriggs@groundprint.com>
Code Audit Comment Submission
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webadmin@bozeman.net <webadmin@bozeman.net> Thu, May 6, 2021 at 1:12 PM
To: sriggs@groundprint.com
A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted.
Form Name: Affordable Housing: Development Code Input and Ideas
Date&Time: 05/06/2021 1:12 PM
Response#: 6
SubmitterID: 38009
IP address: 71.15.215.149
Time to complete: 15 min.,41 sec.
Survey Details
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Affordable Housing: Development Code Input and Ideas
1. Contact Info
First Name Linda
Last Name Semones
Email Address lindasemones@hotmail.com
2. View Unified Development Code
Topic NCOD upzoning
Code Section(If Known) Not answered
Describe Your Idea or Comment Here
Right now the downtown neighborhoods and the included historic districts are zoned mostly as R2/R3,with smatterings of
R1 and R4/R5. I feel that up zoning these areas would be the worst action to be taken. Right now,the historic downtown
and its surrounding neighborhoods are what make Bozeman unique.We are well on our way to looking like very other over
gentrified city on the map. Rampant upscale development will lead to loss of history,community and has led to loss of
affordability and disrespect for workers, both the middle class and the working poor. Up zoning these areas to R3/R4 will
lead to taller buildings, more gentrification, loss of urban forest,and displacement of the poor and elderly,We need to do
better.
HRDC is already partnering with the City to solve some housing problems.Could the City work with HRDC to buy houses in
the downtown neighborhoods as they come onto the market?They could together renovate the homes in styles that fit the
neighborhoods, perhaps adding ADU's but also preserving the trees and gardens that make these homes unique.
Renovating an existing home would be more affordable than purchasing land elsewhere and starting from scratch. I believe
the downtown neighborhoods would be happy to extend community to people of modest income.They already host group
homes for dependency and for special needs people.What will happen to these programs if the neighborhoods become
even more gentrified?I have been to meetings where the downtown neighborhoods have been blamed for the housing
crisis,and have heard developers claim that the high price of homes downtown is due to the elderly refusing to sell,creating
rentals and driving up prices. Now we can see that nothing could be further from the truth. Residents in the downtown
neighborhoods love their homes,want to stay there,and want as well to be part of the solution.
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Thank you,
City Of Bozeman
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