HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-03-25 Public Comment - G. Beardslee - UDC concernFrom:Greg Beardslee
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]UDC concern
Date:Tuesday, December 31, 2024 4:49:02 PM
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I'm concerned about one neighborhood that has been targeted for extreme, out of scale
development. The neighborhood is bounded by N. 3rd and N. Bozeman on the west and east,
and by Tamarack and Peach on the north and south. The planned zoning, RC, doesn't match
the residences in this neighborhood, which are primarily single family, one and two story
structures. If I lived there, took pride in my home, I would be sick over this issue, probably
furious as well. It just isn't right. People really live here, are emotionally invested in their
homes, and RC zoning sets the stage to shatter their lives. I struggle to understand this zoning
for this particular neighborhood, as it's needlessly oppressive and cruel for those folks who are
just trying to live peacefully in their chosen corner of Bozeman. Zoning should protect people,
give them security and an environment to call home. Instead, RC zoning will flip their peace
and quiet upside down. It will be an open invitation for developers to prey on the residents
and their property. They will be living in a construction zone. Their taxes will rise, their peace
and quiet will be disrespected, shattered by the transformation. The transition to crowded
streets, loss of views, loss of sunlight, will go on for decades as properties are demolished and
built upward. Eventually everyone there now will have to sell and move away. I just don't get
it, why place a target on this specific neighborhood? Do city planners have any grace or
compassion? RA zoning would allow certain human scale increases in density without bringing
the wholesale destruction that RC zoning invites. This neighborhood should be zoned RA!
Greg Beardslee
221 N. Church Ave.