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Arielle Stoness
From:Danielle Garber <DGarber@BOZEMAN.NET>
Sent:Friday, March 28, 2025 1:54 PM
To:Arielle Stoness
Cc:Jesse Sobrepena
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL]FW: Pines Phase 2 - Rear Setback
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Hi Arielle,
Senior planning staff support your proposed design as indicated in the email below (18.5 feet to the wall and 15.5 feet to
the upper balconies and pa os).
Staff is able to make the determina on, based on the layout and loca on of the proposed open space, that there is no
func onal rear yard for this lot.
Thank you for your follow up email and detailed drawings.
Thank you,
Danielle Garber | Senior Planner, Community Development
City of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771
P: 406.582.2272 | E: dgarber@bozeman.net | W: www.bozeman.net
Information about the Development Code Update can be found at https://engage.bozeman.net/udc
NEW Landscape and Irrigation Design Standards can be found at the Water Conservation New Development Standards
website.
From: Arielle Stoness <arielle@jdsarchitectsbozeman.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:52 AM
To: Danielle Garber <DGarber@BOZEMAN.NET>
Cc: Jesse Sobrepena <jesse@jdsarchitectsbozeman.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]FW: Pines Phase 2 - Rear Setback
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Danielle,
The current Pines Phase 2 Site review cycle is about to be completed, and I saw your comment about checking in
with the senior sta. The current drawings on proje ctdox show the building with a 15’ balcony setback, and the
building 20’ from the rear property line.
We would like to know if the building can be a minimum 15’ from the property line, instead of 20’. The north
bedrooms are currently too small to be functional. The site is very tight due to providing the 7’ sidewalk, 3’ ramp,
and 4’ landscape bed. We propose to keep the balconies where they are – 15’-6” from the property line, and to
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grow the north bedrooms so that the building is 18’-6” from the north property line. Attached and in screenshots
below are the current vs proposed site with dimensions.
Current site:
Proposed site:
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Thank you,
Arielle Stoness
JDS Architects, Inc.
719 West Mendenhall
Bozeman, MT 59715
p 406-600-4961
e-mail: arielle@jdsarchitectsbozeman.com
web: http://jdsarchitectsbozeman.com
From: Arielle Stoness
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 11:02 AM
To: Danielle Garber <DGarber@BOZEMAN.NET>
Cc: Jesse Sobrepena <jesse@jdsarchitectsbozeman.com>
Subject: Pines Phase 2 - Rear Setback
Importance: High
Danielle,
We would like to grow the Pines Phase 2 rear bedrooms by 18”. The rear bedrooms need the 18” increase to be
functional – we had to shrink the building to provide 4’ of landscape in front of the building and 7’ sidewalks. The
north property line is a side setback but is serving as a functional rear yard. Claire allowed us to reduce the rear
setback to 15’ for the upper balconies, but I am wondering if that can apply to the building as well. The rear
setback for R-4 zoning is 20’. The site plan is attached for reference and I have included a screenshot sketch below
of the proposed change. The building would be 18’-6” from the north property line.
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Markup
003 C2.0 OVERALL SITE PLAN.pdf
PLNG Rear Setback
The north property line serves as the functional rear yard for this development. BMC 38.320.020.E.2 states - When a lot has one or more principal
buildings which are oriented to place the functional rear of a building adjacent to a side lot line, a setback from the property line equal to that for a
rear setback must be provided. Ground level patios are permitted to encroach 5-feet into the required rear setback. Upper level patios may not
encroach into the rear setback. The applicant must correct the setback annotation and show that only allowable encroachments are proposed per
BMC 38.350.050.
A walkway is shown connecting those patios to the public sidewalk. The applicant may remove the walkway if preferred as it does not add an open
space or block frontage benefit to the site.
Thank you,
Arielle Stoness
JDS Architects, Inc.
719 West Mendenhall
Bozeman, MT 59715
p 406-600-4961
e-mail: arielle@jdsarchitectsbozeman.com
web: http://jdsarchitectsbozeman.com