HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-26-21 Public Comment - D. Richardson - South 3rd Growth Policy Amdendment App. 21309From:Tom Rogers
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Public Comment for Nov. 1 Hearing App 21309
Date:Tuesday, October 26, 2021 3:20:36 PM
Attachments:T Rogers Public Comments re Nov 1 Hearing.docx
T Rogers Public Comments re Nov 1 Hearing.pdf
In reference of the South 3rd Growth Policy Amendment; Application 21309
From: Dave Richardson <bozonedave@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 3:14 PM
To: Tom Rogers <TRogers@BOZEMAN.NET>
Cc: Carol Anderson <skicarol@gmail.com>; Carolyn Hopper <cowgirl@bresnan.net>; Denise
Margetts <dbmargetts@gmail.com>; savadesigns . <savadesigns@gmail.com>
Subject: Public Comment for Nov. 1 Hearing App 21309
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Hello Tom, This is Dave Richardson, president of the Overbrook Condominium Owners AssociationBoard of Directors. I've attached the Board's public comments for your upcoming Nov. 1, 2021 public hearing onthe proposed Growth Policy Amendment for application 21309, 2303 S. Third Avenue.(Attached as a Word document and as a PDF.) We understand this is not the formal annexation and zoning hearing for the proposed SkyviewLofts (or S3 Lofts, or whatever they're calling it now), but we want to get our objections tothat proposal into the public record as soon as possible. We remain strongly opposed to theproposed R-5 zoning for that lot (or R-3, the applications we've been able to look at aresomewhat contradictory.) Please include our public comments at this hearing. I've also emailed a copy toagenda@bozeman.net, and pasted the comment into an email directly through bozeman.net toyou. Please let me know if you have any issues with these files, or if there is another address Ishould email them to. Thank you,Dave RichardsonPresident, Overbrook COA Board of Directors405 Overbrook Dr. #11, Bozeman, MT 59715406-209-5455bozonedave@gmail.com
To: Tom Rogers, Senior Planner
Bozeman City Office of Planning and Community Development
Email:
trodgers@bozeman.net
RE: Public Comment on Upcoming Nov. 1, 2021, Growth Policy Amendment Hearing
Dear Mr. Rogers,
This letter is regarding the upcoming Growth Policy Amendment hearing Nov. 1 for application 21309,
for the parcel located at 2303 S. Third Ave, in Bozeman (S24, T02, R05E, Tract in NE Cor NE4NE4 1.0 AC.)
We, members of the Overbrook Condominium Owners Association Board, a PUD community directly
abutting the above-mentioned property to the west, understand this hearing is a necessary preliminary
step in the process of possible eventual annexation and zoning of the property.
We write specifically in relation to a formal annexation and zone map amendment filed for the property
(Skyview Lofts or S3 Lofts, CBJ LLC, Ironwood or Julien Morice) that could be facilitated by the decisions
made by the planning department at this hearing, and by the Bozeman City Commission at an upcoming
hearing.
The Overbrook COA strongly objects to the proposed R-5 or R-3 zoning for the parcel for several
reasons:
1. Adjacent neighborhoods are currently zoned R1, and have been for decades, with the exception
of our PUD community in existence since the mid-1990s.
2. The proposed zoning is significantly out of step with the residential character of the surrounding neighborhoods.
3. We feel granting an R-5 (or even R-3) zoning to this parcel could resemble “spot zoning”.
4. The proposed development of three four-unit buildings on this one-acre parcel would leave little
-- if any -- room to meet the city’s open-space requirements.
5. In that regard, when the developer approached our Board with its proposal in June 2021, it
suggested fulfilling these open-space requirements by building a park on Overbrook’s property,
and this idea was reiterated in the initial application to the City Office of Planning and
Community Development and implied the Overbrook COA could be amenable to this idea. The
Overbrook Board is not amenable to this idea, and would not, and will not, ever voluntarily
allow that to happen.
6. The parcel borders roughly 40 acres of agricultural land under the stewardship of the Museum
of the Rockies. The proposed condominium buildings would directly abut an historic barn and
farmhouse that may eventually become part of the Museum’s future planned use of that
acreage for historical and educational exhibits. 7. Traffic on South Third Avenue in this area is already heavy during morning and evening rush
hours. Vehicles turning onto South Third from adjacent Westridge Drive add to that congestion.
Many drivers already ignore the 25 MPH speed limit in place. Adding another ingress to South
Third so close to Westridge Drive from a development of the proposed density would create
more congestion and traffic hazards on an already busy road.
8. Fire Safety is a potential issue with such a dense development on such a small lot.
We thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and we hope you will take our concerns and public
comments into consideration as you move forward with this process.
Sincerely,
The Overbrook Condominium Owners Association Board of Directors
Dave Richardson, President (405 Overbrook Dr., #11; 406-209-5455; bozonedave@gmail.com)
Carolyn Hopper (411 Overbrook Dr., #31; 406-570-5482; cowgirl@bresnan.net)
Carol Anderson (411 Overbrook Dr., #29; 406-600-9494; skicarol@me.com)
Patricia Sava (409 Overbrook Dr., #27; 415-215-8577; savadesigns@gmail.com)
Denise Margetts (409 Overbrook Dr., #25; 406-570-6486; dbmargetts@gmail.com)