HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-18-25 Public Comment - M. Bateson - No UPZONING!From:Mary Bateson
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]No UPZONING!
Date:Monday, November 17, 2025 12:58:06 PM
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Hello Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners,
I am sending this email to advocate for the items written below by the Better BozemanCoalition. I appreciate the work you are doing for this UDC update. We all hope for a
positive outcome.Thank you,
Mary Bateson, Bozeman resident
"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 fact that this is in danger at the 11th hour is
unacceptable.
Second, since the draft UDC was first released in 2023 residents have consistently andoverwhelmingly opposed increasing density through upzoning. There are other options for
adding housing, and the proposed draft implements several. There is no need to resort totraditional upzoning.
I'm writing to you today to 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 NOTUPZONE 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 NOT UPZONETO 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 community to have an option at 24units 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 to dysfunction. DO NOTREMOVE 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 not acceptable because it isn't gradual or predictable.
Thank you,"