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Civil/Structural Engineering and Surveying
July 19, 2020
City of Bozeman Department of Community Development
20 E. Olive Street Bozeman, MT 59718 RE: Bridger Vale PUD Subdivision - Narrative Letter for Final Plat Submittal (COB #17231, C&H #14486) To Whom It May Concern, This letter is to provide a narrative response stating how each of the conditions of preliminary plat
approval and noted code provisions have been satisfactorily addressed. The responses to the items
are listed as follows: 1. The applicant is advised that unmet code provisions, or code provisions that are not
specifically listed as conditions of approval, does not, in any way, create a waiver or other
relaxation of the lawful requirements of the Bozeman Municipal Code or state law.
• All code provisions have been met with this application.
2. The final planned unit development plan must be submitted, reviewed, and approved prior
to approval of the final plat.
• The Final PUD and Final Plat are both under review at the City of Bozeman.
3. The requested relaxations to the following sections are granted as proposed in
the application materials and must be reflected in the final planned unit
development plan, design guidelines and associated property owners’ association
documents as approved:
a. BMC 38.320.040 Table of Form and Intensity Standards REMU to allow
Townhouse clusters to exceed the maximum front setback of 15 feet.
b. BMC 38.420.060.A to not provide the minimum park street frontage. The
application proposes no street frontage for the city park lot.
c. BMC 38.420.060.A.2.b or c the application proposes to not meet the requirements to
mitigate for reduced park street frontage.
d. BMC 38.400.050.A.1 the proposed primary access street, Bridger Vale Drive is
requested to be constructed as a non-standard street section.
e. BMC 38.550.070 Landscaping of public lands. The application requests to not irrigate
parkland, open space or other public lands landscaping with a well. The property’s
groundwater is impacted by VOC’s and the environmental consultants recommend
against using ground water for irrigation.
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• The applicant is aware of these approved relaxations.
4. No property may be removed from the covenants without written approval of the City of
Bozeman.
• No property will be removed from the covenants without written approval of the
City.
5. The City of Bozeman has relied upon the overall design and design standards required as
part of the planned unit development application. The design standards may not be altered
without consent of the City.
• The design standards will not be altered without the City’s consent.
6. A notice prepared by the City must be filed concurrently with the plat so that it will appear on title reports. It must read substantially as follows: The Bridger Vale Planned
Unit Development, Gallatin County, Montana is subject to specific design standards, unique building setbacks and design, and landscaping. These standards may be found in [insert correct reference to design standard location]. Lot owners are advised that these are specific to the Bridger Vale Planned Unit Development and are in place of the general development standards of the City of Bozeman Zoning. If a development
standard is not specifically established in the Bridger Vale Planned Unit Development approval documents the general standards of the City apply. Modification of the special standards would require an amendment to the Bridger Vale Planned Unit Development. Modifications are strongly discouraged. It is the obligation of the lot owner to be fully informed as to these standards before beginning any home or site
design process. Approval by the design review entity established in the covenants of the development does not bind the City of Bozeman to approve a construction plan.
• The applicant is aware of this notice to be prepared by the City of Bozeman.
7. The applicant must execute at the Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder's Office in
conjunction with the final plat, a waiver of right-to-protest creation of a City-wide special
district for parks and trails, which would provide a mechanism for the fair and equitable
assessment of costs for City parks and trails.
• This document was submitted with the final plat application. A copy of the
document is included with this submittal.
8. A notice must be filed concurrently with the final plat requiring that all development on the
property must comply with the recorded Declaration of Institutional Controls for the
Bridger Vale Annexation (Document #2634483 in the records of the Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder).
• This notice will be filed with the final plat. The document is included with the
final plat submittal.
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If you require any further information, please give me a call at (406) 587-1115.
Sincerely,
Luke Stein, E.I.
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