HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-13-24 Public Comment - A. Sweeney - Affordable Housing OverlayFrom:Alison Sweeney
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Affordable Housing Overlay Zone (AHOZ) presentation recording
Date:Friday, September 13, 2024 9:08:13 AM
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To our Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners,
Thank you so much to Commissioner's Bode and Deputy Mayor Morrison for attending inperson. I hope the rest of you have some time before Tuesday's work session on the UDC to
watch this joint presentation and consider working with the community to implement anAHOZ in Bozeman during the UDC update.
An AHOZ has 3 main purposes; to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH),
and neighborhood character, while incentivizing our local builders to bring us the MissingMiddle housing our growth policy promotes at affordable prices for the people who live and
work in our community.
The primary incentive is density rather than height, along with many other optionslocal builders may find helpful. And the buildings created using these incentives will be much
easier to grant zero parking requirements.
The key to success is robust community engagement to draft design guidelines for theoverlay. These guidelines will give builders clear rules about what they can build, and
planners clear rules about what to approve, so that the expedited review can proceed withoutopposition from neighborhoods.
Attached is an image of the NOAH wall we reference in the presentation. All of this housing
is in the landfill, and many of the mature trees as well. The recording is a little noisy at thebeginning, we had a full house!
https://youtu.be/rOXJozSO_mw?si=jX3j1MyQLsbVaNVr
Thank you for watching,
Alison B. SweeneyBernadette's Handmade Jewelry
Bozeman MT406-404-5740
alison-bernadettes.com