HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-25-22 Public Comment - K. Cain - Proposed commercial buildings at S. 3rd & Little Horse - With Staff ResponseFrom:Lynn Hyde
To:Kevin Cain; Agenda
Subject:RE: Proposed commercial buildings at S. 3rd & Little Horse
Date:Tuesday, October 25, 2022 5:05:22 PM
Thank you for your public comment. It has been received and included in the review as well as the
public record. All reviewers, the applicant and public will have access to your comment.
If you have any question please let me know.
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: Proposed commercial buildings at S. 3rd & Little Horse
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To Whom It May Concern:
Bozeman City Commission
Bozeman Community Development Board
Bozeman Community Development Directors
Bozeman Planning Department
The proposed building plan ignores many of our Sundance Springs PUD covenants to which
the City of Bozeman is a party. This means the current City Commissioners must uphold our
covenants as articulated in our PUD.
The site plan is undergoing an "Administrative Review" that does not give the City
Commissioners a chance to approve or disapprove the plan.
1. If the City's Community Development Department ignores the Sundance Springs PUD
covenants and approves this site plan, we will appeal to the City Commission to conduct
a formal hearing to uphold our covenants as they are required to do because they are a
party to our PUD. The PUD’s plat requires sidewalks to be installed along lot frontages.
This site plan must include provisions for sidewalks to be installed along South 3rd Ave.
2. The current City Commission must follow the PUD’s designation of the site as being
governed by the 1992-1993 era B-1 Neighborhood Services District requirements.
3. The 1990’s era City Commission ordered that the city be a party to the covenants that
govern the site when the PUD was adopted. As residents of the City, we expect the
current City Commission to follow the intent of the 1990’s era Commission's orders.
We expect the current City Commission to abide by and enforce the covenants on the
site. This includes but is not limited to:
1. The 1992-1993 era zoning – specifically as the basis for development while
maintaining any more restrictive requirements from the current development
code.
2. Identification of the 1992-1993 era B-1 Neighborhood Services District as
governing the site.
3. Requirements for traditional gable, hip, and shed roofs
4. Siding requirement (which preclude glass walls)
5. Maximum building size limits of 5000 square feet
6. Parking requirements outlined in Chapter 18.50 of the 1992-era zoning
7. 25-foot front and 20-foot rear set backs
8. Foundations that are constructed “high” to avoid problems with high ground water
9. Outdoor lighting design requirements.
10. Elimination of the patio or and other elements of the plan that would facilitate
business use that is not confined within buildings (per B-1 Neighborhood Services
District)
11. Design of buildings to avoid the appearance of commercial development (per the
covenants) and maintenance of residential character (per B-1 Neighborhood
Services District)
4. The current block frontage standards require the buildings to front the street. As
residents of the city, we insist that the city enforce the block frontage standards
without departure. There is no improvement in the integration of storefronts into the
development to offset the requested departure to parking location requirements.
Moving the building away from the street and toward homes and open spaces would
magnify the impacts of the incompatible design of the buildings on the neighborhood.
Placing parking along all street frontages and on street corners degrades the character and
condition of our neighborhood streets, a financial burden that will fall to the residents of
Sundance Springs; when repairs, inevitably, become required.
Sincerely,
Kevin Cain
Sundance Springs Resident