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June 13, 2024
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City of Bozeman Department of Community Development
ATTN.- Elizabeth Cramblet
P. O. Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771-1230
ecramblet(a)bozeman.net
Re: Harper's Corner Zone Map Amendment
Application 23127
Dear Bozeman City Commissioners:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposed zone map amendment. We
commented on April 29, 2024. Since then the application was amended, splitting the
proposed zoning between R-3 and R-4. To the extent the application retains proposed R-4
zoning it remains inappropriate because-
1. It is not compatible with the surrounding area;
2. It creates a public safety risk because it lacks connectivity with existing road
networks; and
3. It negatively impacts the groundwater. The water table is high. Water is on
the surface often during the spring.
We own property at 3300 Harper Puckett Road and 3050 Harper Puckett Road, not close
enough to be a protester or get notice, but certainly within sight. We have lived on one
these properties for 35 years. I am familiar with the subject property and the
neighborhood. R-4 zoning is just not compatible with anything in the existing
neighborhood. At this location, the only thing R-4 is compatible with is the corporate
developer's profit.
During the past years we have seen developer after developer build huge structures in
existing neighborhoods, negatively impacting existing communities. A recent University of
Montana voter survey confirmed what the last City election showed, people who live here
are upset with the City's development policies, policies which cause urban sprawl and loss
of the Montana way of life.Although corporate developers argue density creates affordable
housing, new housing is almost never affordable housing.
There is no need to create incompatible development on this hay meadow. To the
corporate developer, it is just lines on a plat and bottom lines on balance sheets. To the
Montanans who live by this property it is songs of the meadowlark, the dance of the
sandhill cranes, and much more.
If this property is developed, and there is no need to develop this wet bottom ground, it
should not exceed a R-3 designation.
Thank you for your consideration.
Yours very truly,
COK KINZLER PLLP
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Michael D. Cok Kathleen R. 2ok
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