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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-07-25 Public Comment - J. & R. Nohava - Comment letter for application #24570From:Jeff and Becky Nohava To:Bozeman Public Comment Subject:[EXTERNAL]Comment letter for application #24570 Date:Thursday, July 3, 2025 4:07:17 PM Attachments:A Letter regarding application No. 24570 Nohava.pdf 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. Hello, We would like to include a comment letter regarding application #24570 attached to this email. Thanks, Rebecca Nohava Jeffrey and Rebecca Nohava 4659 Danube Lane Bozeman, MT 59718 July 3, 2025 Bozeman City Clerk 121 North Rouse Ave. PO Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771-1230 RE: Protest of Annexation and Zone Map Amendment – Application No. 24570 To Whom It May Concern, As the legal owner(s) of real property located at 4659 Danube Lane, Bozeman, MT, we hereby submit this formal written protest in opposition to Annexation and Zone Map Amendment Application No. 24570, as noticed for public hearing before the Bozeman City Commission. We submit this protest pursuant to Montana Code Annotated § 76-2-305, as we qualify as adjoining property owners. We oppose the zoning changes and annexation described in application #24570 for the following reasons: - Ignores the Long Term Community Plan to preserve agricultural business operations, preservevaluable open space, and to preserve, protect and enhance wetlands. - Displaces largenumbers of wildlife, which call this wetland and riparian area home. This is also a wildlifecorridor, development of which would have lasting impacts on habitat health and availability.Violates Bozeman Zoning Regulations, Article 1V, Section 21.01, #3 (minimize adverseenvironmental impacts). -Violates the Long Term Community Plan to address climate change, as this annexation andlarge scale development would take a wetland that acts as a natural sponge during flooding,that cleans water and regulates surface temperatures, to a large blacktop surface, whichincreases temperatures, does not mitigate or clean flood waters but rather allows debris andpollutants to migrate into surrounding areas. Violates Growth Policy R-2.9, long term gains thatare sustainable. - Violates Bozeman City Zoning Regulations Article IV, Section 21.01 #3 (minimize adverseenvironmental impacts) and #5 (ensure adequate provision of public services) as we arecurrently in a water crisis, as our own water prices have doubled in the last few years and weare on permanent water restrictions, yet the City is considering zoning yet another large scale,high density apartment complex, which uses 4-7 times more water per acre than single familyhousing. - Ignores Long Term Community Plan "A City Of Unique Neighborhoods: Promote a DiverseSupply of Quality Housing Units'," 66% of building permits since 2018 have been multi-family,with only 17% being single family homes. As the need for temporary has been met, it is time topivot and build more single family homes, as more supply will bring down prices. 75% ofproperty buyers in Bozeman are looking to purchase single family homes. This one sidedplanning for only approving high density residential is making the single family housing marketmore expensive and less attainable. Continuing to support the economic benefits of out ofstate developers and investors, without an opportunity for locals to buy a property, does a disservice to the community you are elected to represent. Violates Bozeman City Growth Policy R- 2.3 (Potential for economic benefit to the broader community). - Violates Bozeman City Zoning Regulations, Article IV, Section 21.01 #5 (ensure adequate provision of public services). There is no pump station, and a temporary solution is not sustainable. There are not enough police to serve the current needs of the community, let alone more high density housing and unenforceable traffic at the outskirts of town. There are not enough first responders and the fire station and police station expansions that have been proposed out of need for more services were rejected by the voters. Therefore a pause on further annexation makes sense until our public safety sector can catch up to growth. We respectfully urge the Bozeman City Commission to reject this application. Qualifications of Protestor(s) Property Owner(s): Jeffrey and Rebecca Nohava Address of Owned Property: 4659 Danube Lane Bozeman, MT 59718 Signatures of All Property Owners Signature: Printed Name: Jeffrey Nohava Signature: _____________________________ Printed Name: Rebecca Nohava Sincerely, Jeffrey and Rebecca Nohava