HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-07-22 Public Comment - D. Cleveland - Comments on the Six Range ProjectFrom:Lynn Hyde
To:D & C Cleveland
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Subject:RE: Comments on the Six Range project
Date:Thursday, July 7, 2022 3:14:13 PM
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Lynn Hyde | Development Review Planner, Community DevelopmentCity of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771406.579.1471 | lhyde@bozeman.net | www.bozeman.net
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Subject: Comments on the Six Range project
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Dear Lynn Hyde,
It is truly unfair that developers in Bozeman can receive exceptions to existing zoning anddevelopment regulations, but when residents ask that city officials also respect the regulations
regarding the compatibility of new development with existing neighborhoods, the officialsturn a blind eye. The proposed Six Range development has received just such a “blind eye.”
The Bozeman Community Plan says “the needs of new and existing development coexist and
they should remain in balance; neither should overwhelm the other.”
The Bozeman project design division 38.500.010 supposedly “ensures that new developmentwithin existing neighborhoods are compatible with and enhance the character of Bozeman’s
neighborhoods.”
The current Residential/Office regulations states that any development “would blend well withadjacent land uses.”
Bozeman Zoning section 38.230.100 A.7 says new development should have “compatibility
with and sensitivity to the immediate environment of the site and the adjacent neighborhoodsand other approved developments relative to architectural design, building mass,
neighborhood identity, landscaping, historical character, orientation of buildings on the site,and visual integration.”
Why, for example, should a proposed development such as Six Range on West Babcock be
allowed to build huge, 4-story white “industrial” block condo buildings in the midst of long-established, mostly 2-story family neighborhoods like the award-winning Valley West? Why
should Six Range be allowed to have rooftop “party areas” — with lights?? —in the middle ofmultiple quiet neighborhoods, where no other developments have such areas?
The existing neighborhoods are not anti-development or NIMBY’s. We know that Bozeman
needs housing. In this neighborhood, ICON apartments made every attempt to fit in, keepingheights down and using compatible materials and colors. In contrast, the developer of Six
Range proudly proclaims its Scandinavian architecture creates “a neighborhood unlike anyother that currently exists here.”
Marcia Kaveney, who participated in the growth policy public engagement process, says the
city is ignoring the growth policy goal to “encourage Bozeman’s sense of place by recognizingand honoring the history and character of neighborhoods and buildings.” Amen, Marcia.
Where is any consideration for existing neighbors in the review of this development? There is
none.
David Cleveland308 Slough Creek Drive
Bozeman