HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-19-24 Public Comment - D. Carty - City Commission, Nov 19_ Local Landmark Program work sessionFrom:Daniel Carty
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]City Commission, Nov 19: Local Landmark Program work session
Date:Tuesday, November 19, 2024 10:43:55 AM
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Nov 19, 2024, 10:45 am
To: Bozeman City Commission
Subject: Commission meeting, Nov 19, Agenda item J.1: Work Session on Bozeman Local
Landmark Project/Program
The following comment is from me as an individual Bozeman resident. In this comment, I
focus on the following recommendation in the Initial Guidance Report on pdf page 7 under
the heading Policy Conversations:
"Repeal and replace the design guidelines for Historic Preservation & the NCOD to provide
more clarity for new development in particular in coordination with the Unified Development
Code (UDC). As part of this update, revisit the requirements for Certificates of
Appropriateness (COA); consider revising to Certificate of Approval. Incorporate
considerations of sustainability and climate resilience."
This statement is unacceptably ambiguous because it could lead to the City of Bozeman
(City) inadvertently or intentionally (1) eliminating all of the City's existing historic
preservation design guidelines, (2) eliminating the City's existing requirements for a Certificate
of Appropriateness (COA), and (3) gutting or eliminating the NCOD.
Consequently, I ask that this recommendation be (1) deleted from the report or (2) rewritten
to explicitly state what consultant and City are intending to do re to the existing historic
preservation design guidelines, the existing COA, and the existing NCOD.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
Daniel Carty
213 N 3rd. Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715