HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-18-22 Public Comment - H. Miklush - Public Comment - 22047From:Henry Miklush
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Subject:Public Comment
Date:Tuesday, October 18, 2022 2:35:49 PM
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Bozeman City CommissionAND
Community Development Board
City of Bozeman
Dear Commissioners and members of the Community Development Board:
I am writing to ask that the public comment period on Site Plan 22047 be paused
until such time as the City Attorney's Office has made a determination as to thezoning that applies to the site. Currently, the planning department is not able to
identify the zoning that applies to the site under the PUD that governs the site, which
was created and approved by the City Commission in 1996.
My neighbors have requested that the Planning Department delay the comment
period several times, but the comment period was initiated and will now expire in just
two weeks.
We have received the following instructions from the planning department regarding
public comment:
"Please note that the department can only consider factual information or substantivediscrepancies in submitted application materials. I would encourage you to familiarize
yourself with the development code and use it as your basis for making public
comments. Provide specific and demonstrable comments on how you believe the
applicant is not meeting the city required codes. In general, broad generalizedstatements about concerns or dislike of the proposal without evidence is more
difficult for the department to evaluate if it isn’t tied to a specific finding or code
requirement."
I would like to make an informed public comment about the site plan, but I can't
comment on if or how the proposed development complies with city development
code when the City Attorney, at the request of the planning department, has not yet
identified the applicable zoning.
I would ask that the public comment period to be extended to 15 days past the date
that the City Attorney's determination of applicable zoning has been disseminated to
the public. I am hopeful that the Commission and Community Development Boardwill be able to help fulfill my request.
Thanks for considering my concerns and for any efforts you make to empower me to
make informed public comment.
HENRY MIKLUSH
Resident
Ellis View Estates
Bozeman, MT