HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-15-21 Public Comment - P. Mozen - Canyon GateFrom:Paula Mozen
To:Agenda; Ross Knapper
Subject:Development and Re-zoning: Bridger Drive and Story Mill.
Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:13:22 PM
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Hello,
As a homeowner of 24 years in ne bozeman, I am requesting that you don't allow this
proposal to move forward.If zoned this way, it would allow up to four story apartment and commercial buildings. The
developers stated in recent meeting that they do not intend for any of this to be “affordable”housing.
This development will change the nature of this area and will impact traffic, mountain views,
population density, wildlife habitat, night skies, and noise levels. Once land is annexed to thecity and re-zoned, developers are free to pursue the maximum allowable commercial and
residential densities and building heights and the minimum allowable park designations.
A few reasons I oppose this proposed rezoning:- Zoning is not consistent with the existing neighborhood
- This is not family housing, but luxury second home condos and commercial space- The Stockyards has already been preliminarily approved for mixed-used commercial and the
Cannery District is only one mile away. How much more mixed-used commercial do we needin this area?
- Open space for this below minimum standards, and designed solely for drainage. Developerplans on doing cash in leu of open space and parks.
- This will make the entrance to Bridger canyon multi-story commercial and multi-storyresidential buildings rather than views of the M and Canyon.
- It will increase traffic in an area with no plans for an over/underpass of the railroad tracks.- The commercial access is through residential streets. The proposed development plan
appears to divert traffic into quiet, family streets (One street dead-ends into an alley)- No consideration for the natural wildlife corridor between the story hills and Bridger Creek.
This rezoning plan represents everything that is wrong with Bozeman today --more destruction
of the wildlife habitat, the pillaging of the natural world of beauty to benefit the few. Thisdeveloper has shown their disregard and greed in the ordinary ugliness of its construction
projects now pervading the historic downtown in the flaunting of design standards, creating aGeography of Nowhere. As a community, we need to make wise decisions about the future
and this development would be a huge mistake.
Sincerely,Paula Mozen
pmozen1@gmail.com406.624.6049