HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-05-23 Public Comment - T. Palmiotto - Baxter 80 Annexation and Zone Map Amendment – Application 23208 by the Community Development Board Meeting on Monday, February 5th at 5_00pm.From:Toni Palmiotto
To:Agenda
Subject:[EXTERNAL][SENDER UNVERIFIED] Baxter 80 Annexation and Zone Map Amendment – Application 23208 by theCommunity Development Board Meeting on Monday, February 5th at 5:00pm.
Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 5:19:00 PM
Attachments:image001.png
Laurel Glen HOA Zoning Designation Comment.docx
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you
recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Baxter 80 Annexation and Zone Map Amendment – Application 23208 by the Community Development
Board Meeting on Monday, February 5th at 5:00pm.
Please see attached letter.
Video Tour of Garden Valley
A referral from you is the best compliment I can receive. Please tell your family, friends & associates about my services.
February 2, 2024
ATTN: Tom Rogers
RE: Baxter 80 Annexation and Zone Map Amendment – Application 23208 by the Community Dear Community Development Board,
I oppose the zoning designation of R4 – High Density and R5 – High Density Mixed Use for the following compelling reasons: (1) The Bozeman 2020 Community Plan asserts that “the needs of new and existing development
coexist and they should remain in balance, neither should overwhelm the other (Bozeman 2020 Community Plan, p. 20)
• Although we have pockets of R4 high density in our neighborhoods, the apartment complexes are smaller and limited to two stories with setbacks that blend in well with more medium to moderate
zoned areas.
• An abrupt transition to R-4 (Residential High Density) and R-5 (Residential High-Density - Mixed) would threaten to overwhelm our more medium to moderate density neighborhood areas and would create an imbalance between the two-story character of our residences and the potential three to four story dwellings with out of place commercial businesses mixed in.
• We bought our homes knowing there would be no commercial businesses nearby in well-established residential neighborhoods. Businesses do not always make the best neighbors and there are valid and legitimate reasons for separating them from residential areas. Today’s coffee shop can become tomorrow’s pawn shop.
(2) According to the Bozeman 2020 Community Plan under the City Responsibility section, it states that: “the City’s primary function is to provide a safe, healthy, and high-quality environment….. The way a community is shaped through………green spaces can contribute to the well-being of residents” (Bozeman 2020 Community Plan, p. 21).
• The property contains significant wetlands that spread out from Baxter, Ajacker, and McDonald Creeks and should be protected to support our well-being with green space in the form of parks along the wetlands for current and future residents to enjoy.
• The R4 and R5 designations could negatively impact the wetlands and shrink the opportunity to
establish parks along them.
• If a high-density development is added there without parks and protection of the wetlands, many of those residents will seek out our parks and green spaces that we pay to maintain.
Thank you for taking the time to carefully consider these compelling reasons for rejecting this zoning proposal
and the potential for it to adversely impact our well-established residential neighborhoods. Sincerely, Owners of 893 Forest Glen Unit #G
Phil & Toni Palmiotto Bozeman, MT 59718
326 Windy River Rd. Garden Valley, ID 83622 tonip@gardenvalleyproperties.com