HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-03-22 Public Comment - S. Neff - Sororities and Fraternities Group Living rAWk
Change to city code - t
threatens citizens'well being `
As a multi-decade homeowner
b
in the city of Bozeman,I have
depended on the city's zoning codes
and the prudence of a variety of
city commissioners to protect my
investment and inform my decisions - '
regarding improvements.Predictability
and reasonable expectations in the use f
of adjacent properties,as promised +'
in the code,are paramount to the
well-being of residents and encourage
their support of the city's goals and -�
.objectives. i
An alteration-of the city code has
placed a great number of residential
properties in jeopardy and threatens
out well-being,peace and equanimity.
The current Bozeman Unified
Development Code,Table 38.310.030.A {
lumps fraternities and sororities into 4
the Group Living zoning category as a
permitted principal use.I don't know C�
if an residential roe owners were
Y property rtY
aware that the alteration removed the f
specific and separate non-authorized
status of new fraternities in R-S, generating a negative impact on traffic Zone Text Amendment to specifically
R-1,R-2 zoning districts.A family flow and parking;bringing with it restore fraternities and sororities to ,
home in a residential neighborhood noise,random numbers of people,and their prior separate zoning status as
purchased or rented by a fraternity is
not a healthy proposition.Regardless behaviors not necessarily similar or fraternities and sororities,not to be
of how small the number of full-time sympathetic to domestic residential included in Group Living status,thus
member residents,the house becomes family use. not authorized in R-S,R-1,R-2 and as
the hangout for both resident and. I urge the mayor and commissioners an authorized use in residential zoning. °
non-resident members and their guests, of the city of Bozeman to approve a districts R-5 and R-0 and conditional