HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-01-25 Public Comment - E. Hosking - Final UDC suggestionsFrom:eileen hosking
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Final UDC suggestions
Date:Sunday, November 30, 2025 9:55:45 PM
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Hello Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners,
I'm writing today to ask for some additional improvements to the development code before
final adoption. I generally support the recommendations submitted by the Better BozemanCoalition in November and available on their website resources page.
Here are a few more:
1). Remove the loophole in the Zone Edge Transition code that would allow developers to
cede a few feet or even inches to increase the right-of-way, thereby getting out of building theactual transition.
2). Cap height in the B-3 zone at 60 feet as required by state law SB-243..
3). Keep the Bon Ton and Centennial Park neighborhoods as R-A, the way they are shown in
the proposed map, while adopting the Existing Building Alternative to allow structures over35 years old to internally divide into 4 units.
4). Add the word "maximum" to the section of code in 38.410.010.B Natural Environment, per
the Bozeman Tree Coalitions recommendations. Our Sensitive Lands Plan actually uses thislanguage, so it should be incorporated in code.
5). Require new and relocating frats and sororities to have a single gathering space that
accommodates a minimum of 70 people.
6). Gallatin Watershed Council has made many workable suggestions for improving theUDC. Please require an aquatic resource delineation report at pre-application as well as other
recommendations from their public comment submitted November 21st.
7). Please incorporate some of the recommendations from the Midtown NeighborhoodAssociation detailed in their public comment, including those with regards to zoning map
conflicts, parkland dedication, and transportation standards in code.
8). Do not expand the B-3 zoning district to East Curtiss. The neighbors have submittedmany interesting histories of their homes, which they have lovingly restored or renovated
under strict Historic Preservation Guidelines, and with considerable expense. Expanding B-3could result in negative impacts to this historic district, especially if the zone edge transition
loophole remains!
This, and immediately previous commissions, have made grave errors of judgment inapproving projects that have reduced the quality of and, in some cases, actually destroyed the
downtown neighborhoods that made Bozeman a beautiful and livable city. I implore you to
listen to the voices of neighborhood advocates instead of those voices simply eager to linetheir pockets at any cost to Bozeman's quality of life.