HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-17-25 Public Comment - A. Rapkin - No UPZONING!From:Aleksi Rapkin
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]No UPZONING!
Date:Sunday, November 16, 2025 12:47:55 PM
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Hello Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners, First I am writing to urge you to keep both
Centennial Park and the Bon Ton zoned R-A, as shown in the current proposed draft. The factthat this is in danger at the 11th hour is unacceptable. Second, since the draft UDC was first
released in 2023 residents have consistently and overwhelmingly opposed increasing densitythrough upzoning. There are other options for adding housing, and the proposed draft
implements several. There is no need to resort to traditional upzoning. I'm writing to you todayto ask that you keep the following unit caps in the final UDC you adopt. >Keep R-A at 2 units
while allowing for the Existing Building Alternative. DO NOT UPZONE TO 4 UNITS BY-RIGHT! >Keep R-B at 8 units, which is perfectly adequate to build missing middle housing!
The 3 story 12-plex that one architect is angling for can easily be built in R-C. DO NOTUPZONE TO 12 UNITS! >Keep R-C at 24 units. If you remove unit caps in this zoning
district there is no real difference between R-C and R-D. It would be good for our communityto have an option at 24 units because new state law doesn't allow us to require parking. Many
areas zoned R-C cannot handle increased demand of on-street parking, it will only lead todysfunction. DO NOT REMOVE UNIT CAPS IN R-C! Our growth policy calls for a gradual
and predictable increase in density. Further upzoning beyond the draft UDC unit caps is notacceptable because it isn't gradual or predictable. Thank you,
Aleksi Rapkin
Bozeman