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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Letter for CDB Agenda
Date:Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:10:47 AM
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The attached letter is intended for the Community Development Board meeting of September 11,
2023.
Thanks,
Phil
September 11, 2023
Dear Community Development Board,
My name is Phil Stewart. I have lived at 1104 S. 5th Avenue in Bozeman for more than 30 years. My
spouse and I appreciate our varied neighbors, eclectic architecture, mature trees, and proximity to MSU
and downtown. I believe that our diverse neighborhood, which has comprised over the years families,
students, professors, retirees, renters and homeowners, a domestic shelter, and a preschool, is one
version of what the Bozeman Community Plan envisions for our town.
I am very frightened that the aggressive revisions to zoning contained in the proposed Bozeman Unified
Development Code (UDC) will destabilize my old Southside neighborhood. I am worried that a giant 8-
unit apartment building will go up next door to me. I am worried that old trees will be cut down for such
developments and never seen again. I am worried that my neighborhood will become noisy. I am
worried that the community fabric of my neighborhood will deteriorate. I am worried that my property
will lose value. Has the City considered or addressed these impacts?
I ask the CBD to please help the City slow down and take a more gradual approach to zoning revisions. I
realize that there are new mandates from the State, but the proposed zoning overhaul goes too far and
too fast. Grouping R1, R2, and R3 together in a single swoop is a drastic change especially for established
neighborhoods!
Thanks for listening.
Philip S. Stewart