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Home My WebLink About03-22-26 Public Comment - J. Webster - INC Recommendation as discussed and voted on at the Thursday March 12th INC Meeting (2)From:Jim Webster To:Bozeman Public Comment; Joey Morrison; Douglas Fischer; Jennifer Madgic; Emma Bode; Alison Sweeney;Chuck Winn; Rebecca Harbage Cc:Dick Bakker; Emily Mason; Emily Kiely Subject:[EXTERNAL]INC Recommendation as as discussed and voted on at the Thursday March 12th INC Meeting Date:Sunday, March 22, 2026 7:11:58 PM Attachments:INC Recommendation to City Commission re IZO.docxInterim Zoning Survey (2).zip 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. Dear City Commission, Please find two attachments with a recommendation from the INC to the Commission to place discussion of an Interim Zoning Ordinance on a future agenda. I discussed this topic with Dick Bakker, INC Board Chair on Friday for final approval, so it has gone up our "Chain of Command." Thank you as always for your consideration of this initiative. Respectfully, Jim Jim Webster INC Board Secretary Dear Bozeman City Commission, The Inter-Neighborhood Council (INC) submits this formal recommendation to adopt a timely Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO). This IZO would temporarily pause the demolition of, and new applications for, large buildings (> 20,000 square feet) within the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD) while the NCOD Design Guidelines are being updated and adopted. Survey results With the help of the INC Staff Liaison, all 14 formally-recognized INC neighborhood associations at that time, surveyed their respective memberships in late February to early March 2026. This survey constituted a “pulse check” of residents across the City with regard to the NCOD. It also offered survey participants to share their points of view in open-ended comments. Survey results overwhelmingly support this recommendation. Individually, the majority of every neighborhood's membership that participated in the survey (see list below) - regardless of whether they themselves live within the NCOD boundaries - support this IZO recommendation. In combination, 84% (303) of all 361 respondents to the survey support this IZO recommendation from the INC to you all. Complete survey results are attached in a .zip file. Public Comment, Discussion, and Vote Public comment, discussion, and vote prompting this formal IZO recommendation took place at the INC’s March 12, 2026 meeting. More than 2/3 of INC’s delegates were in attendance along with Commission Liaison Douglas Fischer, Neighborhood Coordinate/INC Staff Liaison Emily Kiely, and members of the public. Attendance/Voting Results: 12 of 15 INC delegates in attendance 11 of 15 took part in the vote (there was one abstention) In-person: Mark Campanelli, Bogert Park: (abstained pursuant to neighborhood association bylaws) Paul Burns, Marwyn-Lindley: Yes Alison Todd, Jandt: yes Paul Dissly, Kirk Park: yes Kathy Rich, University: yes Jim Webster, South Central: yes Emily Mason, Figgins Addition: yes Angie Kociolek, Northeast: yes Ann Vinciguerra, Valley West/The Lakes: yes (newly added formally-recognized neighborhood association as of March 12, 2026) Beth Boyson, New Hyalite View: yes Online: Michelle Osman, Midtown: yes Zehra Osman, Valley Unit: yes 11 YES votes 0 NO votes Motion passed unanimously Neighborhood associations that surveyed their memberships include: Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View NorthEast South Central University Valley Unit <Interim Zoning Survey.zip> On behalf of the INC, thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this well-supported recommendation for an Interim Zoning Ordinance to be placed on a Commission Meeting Agenda in the near future. Sincerely, Jim Webster INC Secretary Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 16 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 428 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 16 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 4.21%18 Bozeman Creek 4.91%21 Bridger Creeklands 2.10%9 Cooper Park 10.28%44 Figgins Addition 6.31%27 Jandt 9.35%40 Kirk Park 4.21%18 Marwyn-Lindley 6.54%28 Midtown 7.24%31 New Hyalite View 0.93%4 Northeast 24.30%104 South Central 5.84%25 University 5.14%22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 16 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 361 Skipped: 67 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 83.10%300 No 12.47%45 Other (please specify)Show responses 4.43%16 Total 361 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 16 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Rather than a wholesale pause, is there a possibility of an interim review process that balances oversight with allowing progress? A hold seem bureaucratic but it could be a balancing g force against abuse by developers. 3/6/2026 7:48 AM 2 This depends on what constitutes a larger building, I would not necessarily support this on homes seen as contributing but are failing structures 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 3 Pausing demolition of buildings across the board can keep unsafe or derelict structures standing and vacant unnecessarily. Not sure what pausing demolition accomplishes. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM 4 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 5 I would support a pause on demolitions of large buildings in all neighborhoods.3/2/2026 10:01 PM 6 Yes. But not if it drags on past 1 yr 3/2/2026 7:38 AM 7 It depends on if that impedes our ability to keep up with housing needs.3/1/2026 10:27 PM 8 I'm thinking the issue is demolishing buildings, period, and replacing them with enormous, out- of-scale structures. You do remember that another consultant, several years ago, was brought in by certain city officials to try to kill the NCOD altogether, and that attempt was an utter failure due to response from citizens. I'd be in favor of pausing ALL demolitions of residences and other buildings. 3/1/2026 6:51 PM 9 Not sure I know enough: Would this pause really harm a project that has followed all the rules and then still gets hit with a major delay? 3/1/2026 10:47 AM 10 Yes, unless there is an obvious, valid, and documented threat to public safety.3/1/2026 7:31 AM 11 Unless they are deteriorated to a point of presenting danger… such decisions would need individual consideration. 3/1/2026 6:27 AM 12 Maybe - what qualifies as a large building? Anything bigger than a house?2/27/2026 6:05 PM 13 This has been previously proposed by a sitting commissioner (Madgic) and supported by another (Fischer) but has not been revisited. There are also potential conflicts between the NCOD and the AHO that need to be revisited. The AHO needs to be updated given changes in state law. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM 14 Seems reasonable to have rules in place first before or 2/27/2026 7:07 AM 15 For Kirk Park neighborhood also!2/26/2026 8:10 AM 16 Don’t have an opinion 2/25/2026 6:24 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 16 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 361 Skipped: 67 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 82.83%299 No 14.13%51 Other (please specify)Show responses 3.05%11 Total 361 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 16 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 seems applications could be initiated if someone wanted to take that risk, and begin process IF realistic expectation that guidelines could shift 3/6/2026 8:13 AM 2 Please see my prior comment about an interim review rather than a block.3/6/2026 7:48 AM 3 see above 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 4 What is a large building and is this update to fix some major loophole or just an update? If just a major loophole (like exemption of buildings of a certain size) it would be best to amend that loophole through a fast amendment. I dont know if the city has the ability to pause applications, especially because finalization can take a year or more. This sounds like a recipe for a lawsuit unfortunately. Perhaps there is a phase one fix (applicable in a month or so) and then the overhaul style update? 3/4/2026 10:30 AM 5 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 6 Does a house or garage constitute a large building??3/2/2026 1:43 PM 7 Question #4 is a vague question. Is this total SF, Ground Floor SF, does it include basements, ETC. 3/2/2026 12:54 PM 8 Same answer.3/1/2026 10:47 AM 9 Too broad a question. I’m not sure it is only square footage without referencing height.3/1/2026 6:27 AM 10 Rather than a complete ban (pause), how about a commitment to voluntarily comply with existing NCOD guidelines, and a pledge to meet new guidelines when they are adopted? 2/28/2026 9:42 AM 11 This has been previously proposed by a sitting commissioner (Madgic) and supported by another (Fischer) but has not been revisited. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 16 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 361 Skipped: 67 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.68.42%247 >30,000 sq. ft.18.28%66 >40,000 sq. ft.4.99%18 >other 8.31%30 Total 361 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 16 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 361 Skipped: 67 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 83.93%303 No 13.57%49 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.49%9 Total 361 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 16 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 don't know enough about it, will go with the majority 3/6/2026 8:13 AM 2 Same as above. I’d prefer to see an interim process that allows progress with oversight.3/6/2026 7:48 AM 3 need more specifics about building type 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 4 I dont think asking for a pause is realistic. Proposing a specific interim standard would be fine. Also, "Large Building" is subjective. Is it a height next to a much shorter structure that is concerning or overall square footage? The size of the lot matters, as do setbacks amd other variables. The CoOp is the size of some of the multiple choice "large building" options and nobody woild support making something like the CoOp wait while architectural standards are hashed out. There seems like a more tailored solution. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM 5 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 6 I believe it's best for cities to grow up, not out into anonymous sprawl.3/1/2026 10:47 AM 7 see above 2/28/2026 9:42 AM 8 Our view of the mountains is what makes Bozeman so special ! High rise buildings are making us like Chicago . 2/28/2026 9:30 AM 9 Do as you please.2/27/2026 7:14 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 16 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 121 Skipped: 307 #RESPONSES DATE 1 received invitation to comment late... hope this is useful 3/6/2026 8:13 AM 2 I think a pause on all development for 2-3 years is appropriate. The city needs to stop and take stock of our water resources and infrastructure before continuing at this rapid pace. I doubt there is a housing shortage at this point and affordable housing I would guess is still needed. Seems like “luxury apartments” are now abundant and continuing to be built 3/6/2026 6:27 AM 3 thank you for your work on this 3/5/2026 6:16 PM 4 “No” to downtown NIMBYs trying to push development into every other neighborhood but their own! 3/5/2026 4:53 PM 5 Quit building in residential neighborhoods 3/5/2026 12:44 PM 6 This sort of protectionist thinking is cynical and narrow minded. Let the City interpret the current guidelines guide governance and adopt the revised guidelines at such point in time. 3/5/2026 10:14 AM 7 A large building is much less than 20,000 sq feet. A large residence is 3500 sq feet to 4000 sq feet. The pause should go much smaller. 3/5/2026 10:02 AM 8 Bozeman needs more housing not less and pausing demolitions for a year would slow additional housing stock that will help stabilize home and rent prices. 3/5/2026 9:55 AM 9 as an architect I have seen the NCOA process harm community members financially and put them out of their homes indefinitely when the exsisting structure is unlivable. i am not ok with this. we are harming these people and it will affect the feeling and growth of our community. 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 10 Given the pace of review and discussion on revisions- there is ample I don’t believe anything is going to get away from us. It is common and preferred for any and all development to proceed under existing codes while changes are discussed or made. 3/5/2026 8:44 AM 11 Bozeman’s core boomed with brick and mortar and tall buildings between 1890 and 1930, and then somehow stalled for 80 years … and we got urban sprawl. Now we are growing vertically again! This growth should be celebrated, not stopped. 3/5/2026 8:15 AM 12 This is literally one-sided. It's an argument in support, rather than an attempt to present the situation objectively. No mention of the fact that development in whatever form is someone's bet that the space is needed for people to live or work in or run a business out of. No mention that scarcity (of anything, but in this case housing) is what creates upward price pressure/bidding wars. No mention of the Downtown Plan and what it sees as the best policy going forward to address the influx of people to Bozeman, which is a regionally significant small city and hub of education, healthcare, business, and more. Also, quick Google searches would have provided square footages of other buildings that could have been included for reference (Black Olive 84,000; Ives 100,000; Merin 71,000; Guthrie 65,000; I can't even find examples as small as 30,000 SF). 3/5/2026 8:04 AM 13 Please pause large development so a more thoughtful approach can be developed. 90 feet is too high! 3/5/2026 7:53 AM 14 These larger corporate developments are pricing many long-time residents out of their beloved homes and neighborhoods. If the City would consider that instead of Big Corp America, life would improve for many of us. I have been here 35 years and am struggling to find ways to remain. That just sucks. 3/5/2026 7:39 AM 15 Unfortunately these development pauses only help existing homeowners that have already seen their property value skyrockets. The new large building help the next generation of Bozeman residents have a chance. Bozeman needs less NIMBYism - we need build cheaper and faster and worry less about the design. 3/5/2026 7:29 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 11 / 16 16 Scale matters! These large buildings in the center of our town next to small historic residences are out of scale and are destructive to neighborhoods. Why not augment and enhance the livability of neighborhoods vs destroy neighborhoods? 3/4/2026 4:53 PM 17 figure out ways to overturn the 90-ft. height allowance.3/4/2026 3:40 PM 18 I consider a large building in a community to be >7,500 sq feet.3/4/2026 3:39 PM 19 I feel like the city commissioners have allowed their "planners" ...employees paid by our taxes... to exhibit an almost willful ignorance of the threats of wanton development to the overall historic integrity and overall National Register eligibility status of many of the properties in our town. For example, the entwined but independent aspects of "setting" and "feeling." As defined in the National Park Service’s Bulletin 15 "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation," "setting" refers to the character of the place where the historic resource is located, including view sheds whereas "feeling" is a “property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time” (National Park Service 1997:45). Both the setting and the feeling in our community are besmirched (negatively impacted) by the rampant construction of 3+ story square-sided and flat-roofed buildings. This town -- my town -- has become so popular that the developers are literally staring down a firehose of money. I suggest making them provide 1:1 parkland and that we introduce a common sense policy such that you can't steal someone else's sunlight. 3/4/2026 3:23 PM 20 I would like the definition of a large building to be anything at or above 10000 sq. ft.3/4/2026 2:21 PM 21 This proposed pause is absolutely necessary, especially not accepting any new applications until there is a clear set rules and standards in place. 3/4/2026 12:58 PM 22 The back and forth with NCOD Guidelines; City Commission; City Staff - this is taking up way too much time and money away from other municipal issues that need our attention. The NCOD Guidelines have been researched and vetted many time over by reputable local professionals and the like; it has been approved multiple times and it is a thoughtful plan going forward. The opposition won't let it rest out of self-centered and self-interest of protecting what they believe Bozeman 'should' be. No matter what, Bozeman is a dynamic and growing locale, and the NCOD offers varied and appropriate plans for future and smart development. 3/4/2026 11:23 AM 23 These new 4 and 5-story buildings look terrible and are ruining the look of the city. They are also not providing affordable housing. Stop building them and leave Bozeman alone. Build that stuff out in four corners where nothing ins currently built (only if that is what the people who live out there want). Stop changing already existing neighborhoods. 3/4/2026 11:01 AM 24 Demonstrate a credible need based on demographics I mean, this is the problem that you know me, Keep outside big investor, money out stay local those who live here should have the greatest input to the development in history of Gallatin County. 3/4/2026 10:45 AM 25 It might be better to ask what the goal is, and work with city staff to see what options might be available rather than just asking for a pause. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM 26 I’d like a pause on all large building in any residential neighborhood.3/4/2026 10:11 AM 27 This pause feels exclusionary, and acts as a way to limit options to build affordable/lower income housing under the guise of city policy moving too quickly. No need to delay, in my mind! 3/4/2026 9:13 AM 28 I appreciate the opportunity for our rapidly growing town/city to take a pause and plan carefully for a long view of the future land uses in our neighborhoods. We mustn't lose the special qualities that draw people to live and raise families here. 3/3/2026 9:24 PM 29 Many of Bozeman's core old neighborhoods are losing houses to multi-unit/multi-story condos. Many of these units are being poorly built by a developer who walks away with a pocket full of cash, leaving the residents to sort it. It's time we keep the charm of our city neighborhoods and build something other than more vacant hi-rises. 3/3/2026 8:07 PM 30 A few years back there was discussion about how the high the signs were in BOZEMAN . All the signs like McDonald’s or service stations or stores had to be at a certain level so you could see the mountains. A large part of the BOZEMAN community thought it was stupid and waste of money. Now you have homes that have been built many years ago with large structures going up right next to a higher than previous aloud, blocking out sunlight sunset, and the mountains think about it take those buildings and use it like the sign law. 3/3/2026 5:50 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 12 / 16 31 I wish the designs of these buildngs would be more in harmony with the real city of Bozeman and not just big boxes of junk. 3/3/2026 3:53 PM 32 The issue is height. 60', or below, is more in keeping with the historic character of Bozeman. If Boulder, Colorado and other cities all over the USA can keep their historic character, so can Bozeman. And, no matter what people claim, water is the limiting factor. There is no guarantee Bozeman can secure water rights from other entities. Bozeman should be a leader in promoting that unlimited-unmanaged-unplanned growth is the ideaology of CANCER. Bozeman must accept that there is a population carrying capacity in our Valley. 3/3/2026 2:56 PM 33 Thank you!3/3/2026 10:36 AM 34 Let's leave some sky in Big Sky Country and not obliterate all the views with tall buildings. Leave Bozeman with some historical character. 3/3/2026 9:15 AM 35 Please! We must take these developments more slowly if we are to preserve the character and appeal of Bozeman! 3/2/2026 8:52 PM 36 We must do this or lose the few neighborhoods that have history and character.3/2/2026 8:04 PM 37 Thank you for this important work.3/2/2026 7:37 PM 38 I believe we need to consider density over sprawl, but we are boxing in small single family homes and devaluing family neighborhoods with large, multi-unit and even multi-use buildings. These have a place, but not in our established neighborhoods. 3/2/2026 4:49 PM 39 We are growing faster than is sustainable and suitable, and a pause is a very wise choice 3/2/2026 3:42 PM 40 Thank you for the very clear and succinct explanation of what exactly the NCOD is! Very helpful. 3/2/2026 3:23 PM 41 Please leave Cooper Park neighborhood single family homes.3/2/2026 3:17 PM 42 Any time my wife and I see a construction zone, it is a running joke ... "I wonder if that will be 5 over 1, with luxury condos" Meanwhile, larger buildings are encroaching on historical neighborhoods, and the character of our neighborhoods is changing faster than we can keep up with. Given the inevitable growth of this valley, I support encouraging population density, rather than urban sprawl. But, we need to pause and come up with a better plan. 3/2/2026 1:47 PM 43 thank you for bringing this issue to all of our attention so that we can be informed and take action 3/2/2026 12:46 PM 44 The last thing this city needs is more institutional and beauracratic red tape and delay. If a developer, in a capitalist society, wants to buy a dilapidated structure and put it to its highest and best value, subject to the already existing rules, then so be it. 3/2/2026 11:13 AM 45 Who benefits from this change? Developers, Bozeman residents??? It seems only developers who are developing residents for out of state investors who can afford a 800sq foot condo for $1 million +. Is the city concerned with preserving Bozeman's historic districts or destroying them? 3/2/2026 9:55 AM 46 I think a transition zone between B-3 and RA is necessary so there is more than an imaginary line between the most intense zoning and historic residences. 3/2/2026 8:16 AM 47 Do some master planning of large parcels, to show 3D possibilities 3/2/2026 7:38 AM 48 While trying to temper sprawl and create affordability do not kill our neighborhoods with density and height. Modernization of old structures through remodel and replacement is positive. Modernization with massive unaffordable structures crowding out views, sunlight, and parks is destructing our city’s charm. Its unacceptable. 3/2/2026 6:01 AM 49 I am curious if this pausing is standard practice for cities, and what impact that has had on other cities that have impelemented that. Additionally, I am aware of many homes within the NCOD that are structurally staying the same but renters are being forced to leave after the owner sells or renovates, and that is something that we should figure out what tools we have to prevent that displacement. 3/1/2026 10:27 PM 50 Size of building: do you mean the footprint or the total area of the entire building, including the height? Do you think every respondent can visualize what your size ranges actually represent? 3/1/2026 6:51 PM 51 We are assuming that this does not effect construction on single family homes and duplexes 3/1/2026 6:48 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 13 / 16 52 I think if and when new guidelines are established, they should be rolled in when ready, and development should be able to continue to current standards in the mean time. 3/1/2026 6:09 PM 53 I agree that the height of structures detract from views of our mountains.3/1/2026 6:06 PM 54 Enough Big Box Buildings supplanting our historic town 3/1/2026 5:30 PM 55 There is no enforcement of design in many parts of bozeman but especially the NCOD, and it’s eroding the integrity and charm of some of the most established neighborhoods. There has to be enforcement and change. 3/1/2026 4:09 PM 56 The City Commission in one strike of the pen, so to speak took away the teeth in our NCOD that led to the City’s approval of the Guthrie building. It seems only right/logical to stop further approvals of, particularly, high rise buildings that will have far-reaching and negative impacts on our City’s downtown core business district, until the NCOD is either reinstated or a replacement document put in its place. Thank you! 3/1/2026 3:02 PM 57 I am a resident of the Cooper Park neighborhood. I received this link from another neighbor. As of 3/1/26 our steering committee has not sent out the survey to CPNA and this evening are voting on whether they should or not. This is not the place of the steering committee to do! Cooper Park residence are not being given adequate opportunity to voice their thoughts on this and I feel are being disenfranchised by the steering committee 3/1/2026 1:45 PM 58 If needed, dozens of Cooper Park neighborhood residents would support a pause—and it should be noted that many are incredibly frustrated by the lack of clear communication by the city and our neighborhood association to residents about NCOD and other issues 3/1/2026 1:24 PM 59 Please turn down the noise. Construction should respect neighborhoods. No noise before 7 am and after 5 pm. MSU football, summer rodeo and outdoor music events should turn the volume down. 3/1/2026 11:28 AM 60 Keep height down so we can still see the mountains! I want the setbacks either I forced or reinstated 3/1/2026 11:13 AM 61 Where do future affordable housing developments fit into this?3/1/2026 10:47 AM 62 Encourage the city to rein in the ridiculous building all over the city, not just downtown. It's like there are constantly more and more big boxes containing small boxes (called condos). And none of them are affordable housing--just more catering to ultra-rich. It's gross! 2/28/2026 11:37 PM 63 Change can be hard and it often is more difficult the older you get. For neighborhoods who have enjoyed sunshine, blue skies, open viewscapes, and less crowded streets - large tall buildings are tough to take. 2/28/2026 10:37 PM 64 Create temporary standards to alleviate concerns. 1 year pause on development may not be fully realistic and cause loss of investment and lawsuits from stuff in the works 2/28/2026 9:15 PM 65 The city's only interest in the view shed is to reduce it to a rare (thus expensive) commodity for the rich. See the deliberate vandalism of the last, best view in old Bozeman, north of Kagy Korner. 2/28/2026 7:53 PM 66 I want the city to act to preserve, but not at the cost of all growth.2/28/2026 6:21 PM 67 It is necessary for orderly transition to the new zoning regulations to pause approval of new, large projects in the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District 2/28/2026 4:47 PM 68 Thanks!2/28/2026 3:16 PM 69 The ramifications of 70 to 90 ft high block structure buildings within the B3 zone and NCOD are horrendous. Historic neighborhoods are being capitalized on by developers, yet they are destroying the very thing that makes the town attractive to those who come. Buildings that are taller than any trees. why not build these big buildings on North 7th? Thanks for doing this and thanks for letting me rant! 2/28/2026 2:45 PM 70 The character and integrity of Bozeman is being destroyed by overdevelopment. Too many giant buildings taking out buildings with character and history. Mature trees are being replaced by concrete canyons. Please stop. 2/28/2026 2:08 PM 71 "Larger" building may or may not fit into the NCOD based on several circumstances, but it's unclear to me how we get staff and developers to appreciate the neighborhood character 2/28/2026 12:46 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 14 / 16 BEFORE the first development proposal is even submitted. Isn't that the point of the NCOD? 72 We’re losing, and in some cases, have already lost, the historic nature of Bozeman. Parking has been thrown out the window, in addition to sight lines. 2/28/2026 10:52 AM 73 If you write the letter I suggest sending it to The Chronicle, as an op-ed, at the same time you send it to the city. 2/28/2026 10:05 AM 74 I'd love to see a needs assessment or community survey that demonstrates a desire for super- tall apartment buildings in the historic downtown core. I get that developers want them - and the increased profitability that will result - but I've heard that vacancy rates in Bozeman are currently running at around 20%, and landlords are offering 2-3 months free to new tenants - so I'm guessing the market is just not there. 2/28/2026 8:44 AM 75 So many of us who live in town have no mountain views from our homes. We see the mountains when we walk or drive and hope you protect what makes Bozeman beautiful. 2/28/2026 8:29 AM 76 Thank you Emily for sending out and compiling this survey!2/27/2026 11:36 PM 77 The sooner the better because many problematic projects are in or entering the pipeline and it will defeat the purpose if the commission continues to drag their feet on implementing a pause (remember Fischer's "loaded gun" comment after the first Guthrie application?) 2/27/2026 9:41 PM 78 New or enlarged Buildings need to fit in be compatible with existing buildings 2/27/2026 7:55 PM 79 The city and the community have nothing to loose and everything to gain to pause large developments while a path forward is determined 2/27/2026 7:04 PM 80 I think that developers need to understand that working in Bozeman is a privilege. The city has grown quickly, and citizens have a strong interest in slowing things down now. Good, responsible developers will wait. The ones who are just out for a quick buck can go elsewhere, and we will be well rid of them! 2/27/2026 6:05 PM 81 Thanks for carrying this forward 2/27/2026 5:53 PM 82 Building up to increase the # of occupancy with out taking into considerations the extra requirements for parking & traffic stress it puts on the surrounding neighborhood is irresponsible. There is also an increased pressure on life safety of the occupants of the new structure as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Large vehicle access like fire trucks ambulances & even service vehicles like garage trucks & snow plows. Add 3 feet of snow to the already crowded street parking & you can not get emergency vehicles in. Also consider the fact the the tall buildings will block the warming sun on the north side of the buildings will cause slick roads & sidewalks another hazard. We all know how well the new comers driving skills are. 2/27/2026 3:56 PM 83 Question #4 regarding "what is considered a large building:" For me, the height is a better indicator of "large building" rather than square footage, which can be configured in many different ways. Any building over 4 stories tall is "large," even if it is narrow, because it towers over adjacent historic buildings and disrupts the view of the mountains. For example, the Blackmore Apartment Building is four stories and is a large building. 2/27/2026 2:38 PM 84 Height restrictions should return to the State minimum height restriction of 60 feet 2/27/2026 2:09 PM 85 In response to #4, even 20,000 square feet is huge. My home is 3500 square feet, and is the kind of structure that is being demolished under the Unsafe Structure Ordinance to make way for 6 story tall buildings in the NCOD next to small residential homes. I would support pausing all demolition for a year. I am horrified that developers are buying up older homes and holding them without maintenance for several years until the become "unsafe structures". Then they can demolish the older home without going through any further review for the preservation of historic buildings. This needs to be stopped. The Landmark Program is the last hope we have to stop the loss of historic resources. 2/27/2026 1:21 PM 86 I honestly cannot believe that Bozeman residents need to fill out a survey like this. One of the many reasons we love Bozeman is for its small town charm. Our historic buildings and neighborhoods should be protected from huge developments such as this, even if they are in the downtown area. The Armory and the Baxter are part of that historic feeling that we love. We don’t want to see out-of-state development companies ruining that. I’m also seeing it in our neighborhoods. I don’t understand how that renovation on 7th Ave that turned a nice old house into a black concrete box was allowed, in THAT historic area of town. I used to live in Boulder, 2/27/2026 12:24 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 15 / 16 CO and I watched developments such as these significantly change the feel of that town. Are we going to cater to out-of-state business, or to the members of the community who live here full-time, and live here because we love the look and feel of Bozeman? I hope it’s the latter. 87 Would also like to reconsider height restrictions in neighborhoods as a whole to not have islands popping up in random places. 2/27/2026 12:07 PM 88 I suggest a temporary ban on all new structures that are designed to maximum height allowed during this waiting period. Maximum height is just as invasive as high square footage. 2/27/2026 11:08 AM 89 It is irresponsible to put the NCOD in amber. This area has been evolving for over 100 years. Change is constant. 2/27/2026 10:38 AM 90 None of this is helpful. Just the latest sky is falling scare tactic. Comes off as really bad taste, poor form. There are better, more intelligent ways to provide more meaningful impact if you don’t let you me pure anger and emotions drive your processes. 2/27/2026 10:27 AM 91 Thank you for your work.2/27/2026 10:03 AM 92 Sun light, snow removal, trees & green spaces & parking are all concerns with taller buildings.2/27/2026 10:02 AM 93 These items need to be carefully considered and time should be taken to consider the neighborhood and current residents. 2/27/2026 9:56 AM 94 Build the large buildings on Main, 7th and by the freeway. There is so much random open land, they don't need to build huge buildings on top of old neighborhoods 2/27/2026 9:55 AM 95 large building > 3000 sq ft 2/27/2026 9:48 AM 96 I consider a large building anything over 5000 square feet.2/27/2026 9:21 AM 97 Mayor Joey and the city need to stop bowing to developers and consider the neighbors who live in down town Bozeman, our gardens that we sustain ourselves on, our privacy, and our right to not have obtrusive buildings imposing on and blotting out the sun on homeowners property. 2/27/2026 9:11 AM 98 midtown neighborhood is especially vulnerable to 90 foot buildings. We already have 9 tall buildings within less than a block of 1950 and earlier residences. Enough! 2/27/2026 9:05 AM 99 The current situation with the NCOD is a result of the city's continued kicking of the can down the road. The city has made half-hearted efforts since the NCOD reports from 2015 and 2019, with no follow-through. We've spent good money twice already, and are doing so a third time. Citizens have weighed in multiple times and expressed their strong desire for a reasonable implementation of the NCOD design guidelines. They've also done so with obvious bastardizations, such as with the Guthrie. And yet our commission continues to placate and kowtow to the development community while ignoring the communities' strongly expressed intent. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM 100 you're doing great work, lets keep bozeman neighborhoods in tact!2/27/2026 8:54 AM 101 Thank you for working towards these goals!!2/27/2026 8:46 AM 102 Thank you for all you are doing to help our neighborhood!!2/27/2026 8:44 AM 103 Thank you for your time and attention to this. No holds barred development will ruin the very reason Bozeman is attracting so much wealth and development, unless we take the time to make said developments worth having. Aesthetic choices are not silly, they are lasting decisions that will impact the future of this city. Metal siding and modern bland detract and devalue while extracting the value of the surrounding buildings which were designed with lasting impact in mind rather than maximum returns. 2/27/2026 8:37 AM 104 These ideas seem a little heavy handed but that is exactly what it will require to bring policy back to the people. 2/27/2026 8:22 AM 105 Thank you for your efforts. 90’ buildings maximizing square footage benefit the developer, not local residents. Mindfully restoring sense of neighborhood and place is imperative to preserve what makes Bozeman such a cool place. 2/27/2026 8:18 AM 106 Stop selling out Bozeman! The large big buildings are ugly.2/27/2026 8:12 AM 107 Yes please let’s pause the destruction of possible historic buildings til we have a plan 2/27/2026 8:10 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 16 / 16 108 I'm all for infill, but the construction is off the hook, and seeming with little holistic vision. High vacancy rates, some crummy construction, no requirements for radon testing in basements, perception (truth?) that big money can bend the rules, loss of soul and aesthetics... and where will the water come from? 2/27/2026 7:41 AM 109 Please also ask the City Commission to reconsider it's decision to allow 90 foot tall buildings in B-3 zones by right. Lower the height limit to60 or 70 ft. 2/27/2026 7:31 AM 110 I do not support a moratorium on development. This is just WARD by a different name. The community spoke very clearly about WARD. 2/27/2026 7:14 AM 111 Thank you for the history lesson on how the NCOD is now being selectively enforced. We wouldn't even have an NCOD if it weren't for previous visionary leaders and the tax-paying public. The NCOD is only meaningful if the Commission requires it and staff enforces it today (per Secretary of the Interior Standards) as has been done in the past. 2/27/2026 7:10 AM 112 Abolish the NCOD!2/27/2026 7:08 AM 113 It is odd that this survey email came with an opinion piece (including questionable facts).2/27/2026 6:53 AM 114 Thanks for doing this!2/26/2026 8:27 PM 115 This close to finalizing guidance, it would be a shame for a non-conforming project to break ground and contradict the intent of It. 2/26/2026 4:54 PM 116 Thank you 2/26/2026 2:28 PM 117 The impact on small neighborhoods from allowing huge 5 story buildings within them does not appear to be considered. Kirk Park would be itself would be impacted if a doubling of population in the area is allowed. Density puts a huge burden on current residents - not just views and parking but also the use of the Park itself. 2/26/2026 8:10 AM 118 I dont want to stifle development but this does seem like a good idea. Without it, developers could try to push through large, blunt, unsightly buildings before proper codes get put in place. - A local architect 2/25/2026 11:27 PM 119 Require on site parking 2 spaces for residential units over 700 square feet. 1 space for smaller units. 2/25/2026 7:56 PM 120 Long & public process to get to where the UDC to adoption. The risk of losing credibility with the public is high with a suggested moratorium. The notion that height is inherently harmful or otherwise destructive to neighborhoods and history suggests a narrow perspective and failure to consider great cities of the world. 2/25/2026 6:10 PM 121 I believe that Bozeman should make an effort to prioritize higher density multi-family living in walkable neighbourhoods. I do not want to see the continued sprawl of cookie cutter single family homes in the outskirts. 2/25/2026 3:13 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 18 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 100.00%18 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 14 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 71.43%10 No 28.57%4 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 14 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 14 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 78.57%11 No 21.43%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 14 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 14 Skipped: 4 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.42.86%6 >30,000 sq. ft.14.29%2 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 42.86%6 Total 14 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 14 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 78.57%11 No 21.43%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 14 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 9 Skipped: 9 #RESPONSES DATE 1 A large building is much less than 20,000 sq feet. A large residence is 3500 sq feet to 4000 sq feet. The pause should go much smaller. 3/5/2026 10:02 AM 2 The back and forth with NCOD Guidelines; City Commission; City Staff - this is taking up way too much time and money away from other municipal issues that need our attention. The NCOD Guidelines have been researched and vetted many time over by reputable local professionals and the like; it has been approved multiple times and it is a thoughtful plan going forward. The opposition won't let it rest out of self-centered and self-interest of protecting what they believe Bozeman 'should' be. No matter what, Bozeman is a dynamic and growing locale, and the NCOD offers varied and appropriate plans for future and smart development. 3/4/2026 11:23 AM 3 I appreciate the opportunity for our rapidly growing town/city to take a pause and plan carefully for a long view of the future land uses in our neighborhoods. We mustn't lose the special qualities that draw people to live and raise families here. 3/3/2026 9:24 PM 4 It is necessary for orderly transition to the new zoning regulations to pause approval of new, large projects in the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District 2/28/2026 4:47 PM 5 The ramifications of 70 to 90 ft high block structure buildings within the B3 zone and NCOD are horrendous. Historic neighborhoods are being capitalized on by developers, yet they are destroying the very thing that makes the town attractive to those who come. Buildings that are taller than any trees. why not build these big buildings on North 7th? Thanks for doing this and thanks for letting me rant! 2/28/2026 2:45 PM 6 "Larger" building may or may not fit into the NCOD based on several circumstances, but it's unclear to me how we get staff and developers to appreciate the neighborhood character BEFORE the first development proposal is even submitted. Isn't that the point of the NCOD? 2/28/2026 12:46 PM 7 In response to #4, even 20,000 square feet is huge. My home is 3500 square feet, and is the kind of structure that is being demolished under the Unsafe Structure Ordinance to make way for 6 story tall buildings in the NCOD next to small residential homes. I would support pausing all demolition for a year. I am horrified that developers are buying up older homes and holding them without maintenance for several years until the become "unsafe structures". Then they can demolish the older home without going through any further review for the preservation of historic buildings. This needs to be stopped. The Landmark Program is the last hope we have to stop the loss of historic resources. 2/27/2026 1:21 PM 8 None of this is helpful. Just the latest sky is falling scare tactic. Comes off as really bad taste, poor form. There are better, more intelligent ways to provide more meaningful impact if you don’t let you me pure anger and emotions drive your processes. 2/27/2026 10:27 AM 9 Thank you for working towards these goals!!2/27/2026 8:46 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 21 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 100.00%21 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 17 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 94.12%16 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 5.88%1 Total 17 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Yes, unless there is an obvious, valid, and documented threat to public safety.3/1/2026 7:31 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 17 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 100.00%17 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 17 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 17 Skipped: 4 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.94.12%16 >30,000 sq. ft.5.88%1 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 0%0 Total 17 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 17 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 94.12%16 No 5.88%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 17 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 7 Skipped: 14 #RESPONSES DATE 1 Many of Bozeman's core old neighborhoods are losing houses to multi-unit/multi-story condos. Many of these units are being poorly built by a developer who walks away with a pocket full of cash, leaving the residents to sort it. It's time we keep the charm of our city neighborhoods and build something other than more vacant hi-rises. 3/3/2026 8:07 PM 2 thank you for bringing this issue to all of our attention so that we can be informed and take action 3/2/2026 12:46 PM 3 I agree that the height of structures detract from views of our mountains.3/1/2026 6:06 PM 4 Enough Big Box Buildings supplanting our historic town 3/1/2026 5:30 PM 5 Encourage the city to rein in the ridiculous building all over the city, not just downtown. It's like there are constantly more and more big boxes containing small boxes (called condos). And none of them are affordable housing--just more catering to ultra-rich. It's gross! 2/28/2026 11:37 PM 6 Create temporary standards to alleviate concerns. 1 year pause on development may not be fully realistic and cause loss of investment and lawsuits from stuff in the works 2/28/2026 9:15 PM 7 The city's only interest in the view shed is to reduce it to a rare (thus expensive) commodity for the rich. See the deliberate vandalism of the last, best view in old Bozeman, north of Kagy Korner. 2/28/2026 7:53 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 9 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 100.00%9 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 7 Skipped: 2 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 71.43%5 No 28.57%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 7 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 7 Skipped: 2 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 71.43%5 No 28.57%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 7 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 7 Skipped: 2 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.71.43%5 >30,000 sq. ft.14.29%1 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 14.29%1 Total 7 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 7 Skipped: 2 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 71.43%5 No 28.57%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 7 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 3 Skipped: 6 #RESPONSES DATE 1 If you write the letter I suggest sending it to The Chronicle, as an op-ed, at the same time you send it to the city. 2/28/2026 10:05 AM 2 This close to finalizing guidance, it would be a shame for a non-conforming project to break ground and contradict the intent of It. 2/26/2026 4:54 PM 3 Require on site parking 2 spaces for residential units over 700 square feet. 1 space for smaller units. 2/25/2026 7:56 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 11 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 44 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 11 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 100.00%44 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 11 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 36 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 75.00%27 No 19.44%7 Other (please specify)Show responses 5.56%2 Total 36 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 It depends on if that impedes our ability to keep up with housing needs.3/1/2026 10:27 PM 2 I'm thinking the issue is demolishing buildings, period, and replacing them with enormous, out- of-scale structures. You do remember that another consultant, several years ago, was brought in by certain city officials to try to kill the NCOD altogether, and that attempt was an utter failure due to response from citizens. I'd be in favor of pausing ALL demolitions of residences and other buildings. 3/1/2026 6:51 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 11 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 36 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 77.78%28 No 19.44%7 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.78%1 Total 36 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Does a house or garage constitute a large building??3/2/2026 1:43 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 11 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 36 Skipped: 8 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.69.44%25 >30,000 sq. ft.13.89%5 >40,000 sq. ft.2.78%1 >other 13.89%5 Total 36 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 11 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 36 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 77.78%28 No 22.22%8 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 36 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 11 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 18 Skipped: 26 #RESPONSES DATE 1 Quit building in residential neighborhoods 3/5/2026 12:44 PM 2 Bozeman needs more housing not less and pausing demolitions for a year would slow additional housing stock that will help stabilize home and rent prices. 3/5/2026 9:55 AM 3 Please pause large development so a more thoughtful approach can be developed. 90 feet is too high! 3/5/2026 7:53 AM 4 I would like the definition of a large building to be anything at or above 10000 sq. ft.3/4/2026 2:21 PM 5 This proposed pause is absolutely necessary, especially not accepting any new applications until there is a clear set rules and standards in place. 3/4/2026 12:58 PM 6 We are growing faster than is sustainable and suitable, and a pause is a very wise choice 3/2/2026 3:42 PM 7 Thank you for the very clear and succinct explanation of what exactly the NCOD is! Very helpful. 3/2/2026 3:23 PM 8 Please leave Cooper Park neighborhood single family homes.3/2/2026 3:17 PM 9 Any time my wife and I see a construction zone, it is a running joke ... "I wonder if that will be 5 over 1, with luxury condos" Meanwhile, larger buildings are encroaching on historical neighborhoods, and the character of our neighborhoods is changing faster than we can keep up with. Given the inevitable growth of this valley, I support encouraging population density, rather than urban sprawl. But, we need to pause and come up with a better plan. 3/2/2026 1:47 PM 10 While trying to temper sprawl and create affordability do not kill our neighborhoods with density and height. Modernization of old structures through remodel and replacement is positive. Modernization with massive unaffordable structures crowding out views, sunlight, and parks is destructing our city’s charm. Its unacceptable. 3/2/2026 6:01 AM 11 I am curious if this pausing is standard practice for cities, and what impact that has had on other cities that have impelemented that. Additionally, I am aware of many homes within the NCOD that are structurally staying the same but renters are being forced to leave after the owner sells or renovates, and that is something that we should figure out what tools we have to prevent that displacement. 3/1/2026 10:27 PM 12 Size of building: do you mean the footprint or the total area of the entire building, including the height? Do you think every respondent can visualize what your size ranges actually represent? 3/1/2026 6:51 PM 13 I think if and when new guidelines are established, they should be rolled in when ready, and development should be able to continue to current standards in the mean time. 3/1/2026 6:09 PM 14 The City Commission in one strike of the pen, so to speak took away the teeth in our NCOD that led to the City’s approval of the Guthrie building. It seems only right/logical to stop further approvals of, particularly, high rise buildings that will have far-reaching and negative impacts on our City’s downtown core business district, until the NCOD is either reinstated or a replacement document put in its place. Thank you! 3/1/2026 3:02 PM 15 I am a resident of the Cooper Park neighborhood. I received this link from another neighbor. As of 3/1/26 our steering committee has not sent out the survey to CPNA and this evening are voting on whether they should or not. This is not the place of the steering committee to do! Cooper Park residence are not being given adequate opportunity to voice their thoughts on this and I feel are being disenfranchised by the steering committee 3/1/2026 1:45 PM 16 If needed, dozens of Cooper Park neighborhood residents would support a pause—and it should be noted that many are incredibly frustrated by the lack of clear communication by the city and our neighborhood association to residents about NCOD and other issues 3/1/2026 1:24 PM 17 It is irresponsible to put the NCOD in amber. This area has been evolving for over 100 years.2/27/2026 10:38 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 11 / 11 Change is constant. 18 I believe that Bozeman should make an effort to prioritize higher density multi-family living in walkable neighbourhoods. I do not want to see the continued sprawl of cookie cutter single family homes in the outskirts. 2/25/2026 3:13 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 27 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 100.00%27 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 22 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 72.73%16 No 13.64%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 13.64%3 Total 22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 2 Yes. But not if it drags on past 1 yr 3/2/2026 7:38 AM 3 Not sure I know enough: Would this pause really harm a project that has followed all the rules and then still gets hit with a major delay? 3/1/2026 10:47 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 22 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 68.18%15 No 22.73%5 Other (please specify)Show responses 9.09%2 Total 22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 2 Same answer.3/1/2026 10:47 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 22 Skipped: 5 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.59.09%13 >30,000 sq. ft.18.18%4 >40,000 sq. ft.4.55%1 >other 18.18%4 Total 22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 22 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 68.18%15 No 22.73%5 Other (please specify)Show responses 9.09%2 Total 22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 i don't know enough about it 3/3/2026 6:09 AM 2 I believe it's best for cities to grow up, not out into anonymous sprawl.3/1/2026 10:47 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 7 Skipped: 20 #RESPONSES DATE 1 I believe we need to consider density over sprawl, but we are boxing in small single family homes and devaluing family neighborhoods with large, multi-unit and even multi-use buildings. These have a place, but not in our established neighborhoods. 3/2/2026 4:49 PM 2 Who benefits from this change? Developers, Bozeman residents??? It seems only developers who are developing residents for out of state investors who can afford a 800sq foot condo for $1 million +. Is the city concerned with preserving Bozeman's historic districts or destroying them? 3/2/2026 9:55 AM 3 Do some master planning of large parcels, to show 3D possibilities 3/2/2026 7:38 AM 4 There is no enforcement of design in many parts of bozeman but especially the NCOD, and it’s eroding the integrity and charm of some of the most established neighborhoods. There has to be enforcement and change. 3/1/2026 4:09 PM 5 Please turn down the noise. Construction should respect neighborhoods. No noise before 7 am and after 5 pm. MSU football, summer rodeo and outdoor music events should turn the volume down. 3/1/2026 11:28 AM 6 Keep height down so we can still see the mountains! I want the setbacks either I forced or reinstated 3/1/2026 11:13 AM 7 Where do future affordable housing developments fit into this?3/1/2026 10:47 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 40 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 100.00%40 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 35 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 91.43%32 No 5.71%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.86%1 Total 35 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Pausing demolition of buildings across the board can keep unsafe or derelict structures standing and vacant unnecessarily. Not sure what pausing demolition accomplishes. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 35 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 91.43%32 No 5.71%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.86%1 Total 35 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 What is a large building and is this update to fix some major loophole or just an update? If just a major loophole (like exemption of buildings of a certain size) it would be best to amend that loophole through a fast amendment. I dont know if the city has the ability to pause applications, especially because finalization can take a year or more. This sounds like a recipe for a lawsuit unfortunately. Perhaps there is a phase one fix (applicable in a month or so) and then the overhaul style update? 3/4/2026 10:30 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 35 Skipped: 5 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.60.00%21 >30,000 sq. ft.28.57%10 >40,000 sq. ft.5.71%2 >other 5.71%2 Total 35 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 35 Skipped: 5 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 91.43%32 No 5.71%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.86%1 Total 35 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 I dont think asking for a pause is realistic. Proposing a specific interim standard would be fine. Also, "Large Building" is subjective. Is it a height next to a much shorter structure that is concerning or overall square footage? The size of the lot matters, as do setbacks amd other variables. The CoOp is the size of some of the multiple choice "large building" options and nobody woild support making something like the CoOp wait while architectural standards are hashed out. There seems like a more tailored solution. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 10 Skipped: 30 #RESPONSES DATE 1 It might be better to ask what the goal is, and work with city staff to see what options might be available rather than just asking for a pause. 3/4/2026 10:30 AM 2 I’d like a pause on all large building in any residential neighborhood.3/4/2026 10:11 AM 3 This pause feels exclusionary, and acts as a way to limit options to build affordable/lower income housing under the guise of city policy moving too quickly. No need to delay, in my mind! 3/4/2026 9:13 AM 4 Let's leave some sky in Big Sky Country and not obliterate all the views with tall buildings. Leave Bozeman with some historical character. 3/3/2026 9:15 AM 5 Please! We must take these developments more slowly if we are to preserve the character and appeal of Bozeman! 3/2/2026 8:52 PM 6 I honestly cannot believe that Bozeman residents need to fill out a survey like this. One of the many reasons we love Bozeman is for its small town charm. Our historic buildings and neighborhoods should be protected from huge developments such as this, even if they are in the downtown area. The Armory and the Baxter are part of that historic feeling that we love. We don’t want to see out-of-state development companies ruining that. I’m also seeing it in our neighborhoods. I don’t understand how that renovation on 7th Ave that turned a nice old house into a black concrete box was allowed, in THAT historic area of town. I used to live in Boulder, CO and I watched developments such as these significantly change the feel of that town. Are we going to cater to out-of-state business, or to the members of the community who live here full-time, and live here because we love the look and feel of Bozeman? I hope it’s the latter. 2/27/2026 12:24 PM 7 Build the large buildings on Main, 7th and by the freeway. There is so much random open land, they don't need to build huge buildings on top of old neighborhoods 2/27/2026 9:55 AM 8 large building > 3000 sq ft 2/27/2026 9:48 AM 9 Thank you for your efforts. 90’ buildings maximizing square footage benefit the developer, not local residents. Mindfully restoring sense of neighborhood and place is imperative to preserve what makes Bozeman such a cool place. 2/27/2026 8:18 AM 10 Stop selling out Bozeman! The large big buildings are ugly.2/27/2026 8:12 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 18 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 100.00%18 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 12 Skipped: 6 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 75.00%9 No 8.33%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 16.67%2 Total 12 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 I would support a pause on demolitions of large buildings in all neighborhoods.3/2/2026 10:01 PM 2 For Kirk Park neighborhood also!2/26/2026 8:10 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 12 Skipped: 6 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 91.67%11 No 8.33%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 12 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 12 Skipped: 6 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.75.00%9 >30,000 sq. ft.25.00%3 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 0%0 Total 12 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 12 Skipped: 6 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 91.67%11 No 8.33%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 12 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 5 Skipped: 13 #RESPONSES DATE 1 I think a pause on all development for 2-3 years is appropriate. The city needs to stop and take stock of our water resources and infrastructure before continuing at this rapid pace. I doubt there is a housing shortage at this point and affordable housing I would guess is still needed. Seems like “luxury apartments” are now abundant and continuing to be built 3/6/2026 6:27 AM 2 Thank you for this important work.3/2/2026 7:37 PM 3 The last thing this city needs is more institutional and beauracratic red tape and delay. If a developer, in a capitalist society, wants to buy a dilapidated structure and put it to its highest and best value, subject to the already existing rules, then so be it. 3/2/2026 11:13 AM 4 Would also like to reconsider height restrictions in neighborhoods as a whole to not have islands popping up in random places. 2/27/2026 12:07 PM 5 The impact on small neighborhoods from allowing huge 5 story buildings within them does not appear to be considered. Kirk Park would be itself would be impacted if a doubling of population in the area is allowed. Density puts a huge burden on current residents - not just views and parking but also the use of the Park itself. 2/26/2026 8:10 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 28 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 100.00%28 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 7 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 85.71%18 No 9.52%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 4.76%1 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Don’t have an opinion 2/25/2026 6:24 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 7 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 76.19%16 No 23.81%5 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 21 Skipped: 7 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.61.90%13 >30,000 sq. ft.28.57%6 >40,000 sq. ft.9.52%2 >other 0%0 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 7 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 85.71%18 No 14.29%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 3 Skipped: 25 #RESPONSES DATE 1 Sun light, snow removal, trees & green spaces & parking are all concerns with taller buildings.2/27/2026 10:02 AM 2 I'm all for infill, but the construction is off the hook, and seeming with little holistic vision. High vacancy rates, some crummy construction, no requirements for radon testing in basements, perception (truth?) that big money can bend the rules, loss of soul and aesthetics... and where will the water come from? 2/27/2026 7:41 AM 3 I dont want to stifle development but this does seem like a good idea. Without it, developers could try to push through large, blunt, unsightly buildings before proper codes get put in place. - A local architect 2/25/2026 11:27 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 31 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 100.00%31 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 27 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 92.59%25 No 3.70%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 3.70%1 Total 27 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 This has been previously proposed by a sitting commissioner (Madgic) and supported by another (Fischer) but has not been revisited. There are also potential conflicts between the NCOD and the AHO that need to be revisited. The AHO needs to be updated given changes in state law. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 27 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 88.89%24 No 3.70%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 7.41%2 Total 27 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 seems applications could be initiated if someone wanted to take that risk, and begin process IF realistic expectation that guidelines could shift 3/6/2026 8:13 AM 2 This has been previously proposed by a sitting commissioner (Madgic) and supported by another (Fischer) but has not been revisited. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 27 Skipped: 4 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.62.96%17 >30,000 sq. ft.33.33%9 >40,000 sq. ft.3.70%1 >other 0%0 Total 27 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 27 Skipped: 4 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 92.59%25 No 3.70%1 Other (please specify)Show responses 3.70%1 Total 27 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 don't know enough about it, will go with the majority 3/6/2026 8:13 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 12 Skipped: 19 #RESPONSES DATE 1 received invitation to comment late... hope this is useful 3/6/2026 8:13 AM 2 Scale matters! These large buildings in the center of our town next to small historic residences are out of scale and are destructive to neighborhoods. Why not augment and enhance the livability of neighborhoods vs destroy neighborhoods? 3/4/2026 4:53 PM 3 I wish the designs of these buildngs would be more in harmony with the real city of Bozeman and not just big boxes of junk. 3/3/2026 3:53 PM 4 The character and integrity of Bozeman is being destroyed by overdevelopment. Too many giant buildings taking out buildings with character and history. Mature trees are being replaced by concrete canyons. Please stop. 2/28/2026 2:08 PM 5 We’re losing, and in some cases, have already lost, the historic nature of Bozeman. Parking has been thrown out the window, in addition to sight lines. 2/28/2026 10:52 AM 6 The sooner the better because many problematic projects are in or entering the pipeline and it will defeat the purpose if the commission continues to drag their feet on implementing a pause (remember Fischer's "loaded gun" comment after the first Guthrie application?) 2/27/2026 9:41 PM 7 Thank you for your work.2/27/2026 10:03 AM 8 midtown neighborhood is especially vulnerable to 90 foot buildings. We already have 9 tall buildings within less than a block of 1950 and earlier residences. Enough! 2/27/2026 9:05 AM 9 The current situation with the NCOD is a result of the city's continued kicking of the can down the road. The city has made half-hearted efforts since the NCOD reports from 2015 and 2019, with no follow-through. We've spent good money twice already, and are doing so a third time. Citizens have weighed in multiple times and expressed their strong desire for a reasonable implementation of the NCOD design guidelines. They've also done so with obvious bastardizations, such as with the Guthrie. And yet our commission continues to placate and kowtow to the development community while ignoring the communities' strongly expressed intent. 2/27/2026 8:58 AM 10 you're doing great work, lets keep bozeman neighborhoods in tact!2/27/2026 8:54 AM 11 Thank you for all you are doing to help our neighborhood!!2/27/2026 8:44 AM 12 Thank you for your time and attention to this. No holds barred development will ruin the very reason Bozeman is attracting so much wealth and development, unless we take the time to make said developments worth having. Aesthetic choices are not silly, they are lasting decisions that will impact the future of this city. Metal siding and modern bland detract and devalue while extracting the value of the surrounding buildings which were designed with lasting impact in mind rather than maximum returns. 2/27/2026 8:37 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 11 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 104 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 11 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 100.00%104 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 11 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 91 Skipped: 13 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 78.02%71 No 19.78%18 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.20%2 Total 91 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 This depends on what constitutes a larger building, I would not necessarily support this on homes seen as contributing but are failing structures 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 2 Seems reasonable to have rules in place first before or 2/27/2026 7:07 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 11 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 91 Skipped: 13 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 75.82%69 No 21.98%20 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.20%2 Total 91 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 see above 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 2 Rather than a complete ban (pause), how about a commitment to voluntarily comply with existing NCOD guidelines, and a pledge to meet new guidelines when they are adopted? 2/28/2026 9:42 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 11 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 91 Skipped: 13 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.82.42%75 >30,000 sq. ft.2.20%2 >40,000 sq. ft.9.89%9 >other 5.49%5 Total 91 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 11 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 91 Skipped: 13 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 76.92%70 No 20.88%19 Other (please specify)Show responses 2.20%2 Total 91 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 11 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 need more specifics about building type 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 2 see above 2/28/2026 9:42 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 11 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 25 Skipped: 79 #RESPONSES DATE 1 thank you for your work on this 3/5/2026 6:16 PM 2 This sort of protectionist thinking is cynical and narrow minded. Let the City interpret the current guidelines guide governance and adopt the revised guidelines at such point in time. 3/5/2026 10:14 AM 3 as an architect I have seen the NCOA process harm community members financially and put them out of their homes indefinitely when the exsisting structure is unlivable. i am not ok with this. we are harming these people and it will affect the feeling and growth of our community. 3/5/2026 9:12 AM 4 Given the pace of review and discussion on revisions- there is ample I don’t believe anything is going to get away from us. It is common and preferred for any and all development to proceed under existing codes while changes are discussed or made. 3/5/2026 8:44 AM 5 Bozeman’s core boomed with brick and mortar and tall buildings between 1890 and 1930, and then somehow stalled for 80 years … and we got urban sprawl. Now we are growing vertically again! This growth should be celebrated, not stopped. 3/5/2026 8:15 AM 6 This is literally one-sided. It's an argument in support, rather than an attempt to present the situation objectively. No mention of the fact that development in whatever form is someone's bet that the space is needed for people to live or work in or run a business out of. No mention that scarcity (of anything, but in this case housing) is what creates upward price pressure/bidding wars. No mention of the Downtown Plan and what it sees as the best policy going forward to address the influx of people to Bozeman, which is a regionally significant small city and hub of education, healthcare, business, and more. Also, quick Google searches would have provided square footages of other buildings that could have been included for reference (Black Olive 84,000; Ives 100,000; Merin 71,000; Guthrie 65,000; I can't even find examples as small as 30,000 SF). 3/5/2026 8:04 AM 7 These larger corporate developments are pricing many long-time residents out of their beloved homes and neighborhoods. If the City would consider that instead of Big Corp America, life would improve for many of us. I have been here 35 years and am struggling to find ways to remain. That just sucks. 3/5/2026 7:39 AM 8 Unfortunately these development pauses only help existing homeowners that have already seen their property value skyrockets. The new large building help the next generation of Bozeman residents have a chance. Bozeman needs less NIMBYism - we need build cheaper and faster and worry less about the design. 3/5/2026 7:29 AM 9 I feel like the city commissioners have allowed their "planners" ...employees paid by our taxes... to exhibit an almost willful ignorance of the threats of wanton development to the overall historic integrity and overall National Register eligibility status of many of the properties in our town. For example, the entwined but independent aspects of "setting" and "feeling." As defined in the National Park Service’s Bulletin 15 "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation," "setting" refers to the character of the place where the historic resource is located, including view sheds whereas "feeling" is a “property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time” (National Park Service 1997:45). Both the setting and the feeling in our community are besmirched (negatively impacted) by the rampant construction of 3+ story square-sided and flat-roofed buildings. This town -- my town -- has become so popular that the developers are literally staring down a firehose of money. I suggest making them provide 1:1 parkland and that we introduce a common sense policy such that you can't steal someone else's sunlight. 3/4/2026 3:23 PM 10 Thank you!3/3/2026 10:36 AM 11 I want the city to act to preserve, but not at the cost of all growth.2/28/2026 6:21 PM 12 Thanks!2/28/2026 3:16 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 11 / 11 13 The city and the community have nothing to loose and everything to gain to pause large developments while a path forward is determined 2/27/2026 7:04 PM 14 Thanks for carrying this forward 2/27/2026 5:53 PM 15 I suggest a temporary ban on all new structures that are designed to maximum height allowed during this waiting period. Maximum height is just as invasive as high square footage. 2/27/2026 11:08 AM 16 These items need to be carefully considered and time should be taken to consider the neighborhood and current residents. 2/27/2026 9:56 AM 17 I consider a large building anything over 5000 square feet.2/27/2026 9:21 AM 18 Mayor Joey and the city need to stop bowing to developers and consider the neighbors who live in down town Bozeman, our gardens that we sustain ourselves on, our privacy, and our right to not have obtrusive buildings imposing on and blotting out the sun on homeowners property. 2/27/2026 9:11 AM 19 These ideas seem a little heavy handed but that is exactly what it will require to bring policy back to the people. 2/27/2026 8:22 AM 20 Yes please let’s pause the destruction of possible historic buildings til we have a plan 2/27/2026 8:10 AM 21 Please also ask the City Commission to reconsider it's decision to allow 90 foot tall buildings in B-3 zones by right. Lower the height limit to60 or 70 ft. 2/27/2026 7:31 AM 22 Thank you for the history lesson on how the NCOD is now being selectively enforced. We wouldn't even have an NCOD if it weren't for previous visionary leaders and the tax-paying public. The NCOD is only meaningful if the Commission requires it and staff enforces it today (per Secretary of the Interior Standards) as has been done in the past. 2/27/2026 7:10 AM 23 Abolish the NCOD!2/27/2026 7:08 AM 24 It is odd that this survey email came with an opinion piece (including questionable facts).2/27/2026 6:53 AM 25 Long & public process to get to where the UDC to adoption. The risk of losing credibility with the public is high with a suggested moratorium. The notion that height is inherently harmful or otherwise destructive to neighborhoods and history suggests a narrow perspective and failure to consider great cities of the world. 2/25/2026 6:10 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 100.00%4 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 100.00%4 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 4 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 100.00%4 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 4 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.25.00%1 >30,000 sq. ft.50.00%2 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 25.00%1 Total 4 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 100.00%4 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 4 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 1 Skipped: 3 #RESPONSES DATE 1 Thank you 2/26/2026 2:28 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 25 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 100.00%25 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 25 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 92.00%23 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 8.00%2 Total 25 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Rather than a wholesale pause, is there a possibility of an interim review process that balances oversight with allowing progress? A hold seem bureaucratic but it could be a balancing g force against abuse by developers. 3/6/2026 7:48 AM 2 Unless they are deteriorated to a point of presenting danger… such decisions would need individual consideration. 3/1/2026 6:27 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 25 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 92.00%23 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 8.00%2 Total 25 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Please see my prior comment about an interim review rather than a block.3/6/2026 7:48 AM 2 Too broad a question. I’m not sure it is only square footage without referencing height.3/1/2026 6:27 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 25 Skipped: 0 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.68.00%17 >30,000 sq. ft.16.00%4 >40,000 sq. ft.0%0 >other 16.00%4 Total 25 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 25 Skipped: 0 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 92.00%23 No 0%0 Other (please specify)Show responses 8.00%2 Total 25 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Same as above. I’d prefer to see an interim process that allows progress with oversight.3/6/2026 7:48 AM 2 Our view of the mountains is what makes Bozeman so special ! High rise buildings are making us like Chicago . 2/28/2026 9:30 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 6 Skipped: 19 #RESPONSES DATE 1 figure out ways to overturn the 90-ft. height allowance.3/4/2026 3:40 PM 2 I consider a large building in a community to be >7,500 sq feet.3/4/2026 3:39 PM 3 I think a transition zone between B-3 and RA is necessary so there is more than an imaginary line between the most intense zoning and historic residences. 3/2/2026 8:16 AM 4 I'd love to see a needs assessment or community survey that demonstrates a desire for super- tall apartment buildings in the historic downtown core. I get that developers want them - and the increased profitability that will result - but I've heard that vacancy rates in Bozeman are currently running at around 20%, and landlords are offering 2-3 months free to new tenants - so I'm guessing the market is just not there. 2/28/2026 8:44 AM 5 So many of us who live in town have no mountain views from our homes. We see the mountains when we walk or drive and hope you protect what makes Bozeman beautiful. 2/28/2026 8:29 AM 6 Thank you Emily for sending out and compiling this survey!2/27/2026 11:36 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 22 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 100.00%22 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 1 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 80.95%17 No 14.29%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 4.76%1 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Maybe - what qualifies as a large building? Anything bigger than a house?2/27/2026 6:05 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 1 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 80.95%17 No 14.29%3 Other (please specify)Show responses 4.76%1 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Question #4 is a vague question. Is this total SF, Ground Floor SF, does it include basements, ETC. 3/2/2026 12:54 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 21 Skipped: 1 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.66.67%14 >30,000 sq. ft.23.81%5 >40,000 sq. ft.4.76%1 >other 4.76%1 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 21 Skipped: 1 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 85.71%18 No 9.52%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 4.76%1 Total 21 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE 1 Do as you please.2/27/2026 7:14 AM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 5 Skipped: 17 #RESPONSES DATE 1 We must do this or lose the few neighborhoods that have history and character.3/2/2026 8:04 PM 2 New or enlarged Buildings need to fit in be compatible with existing buildings 2/27/2026 7:55 PM 3 I think that developers need to understand that working in Bozeman is a privilege. The city has grown quickly, and citizens have a strong interest in slowing things down now. Good, responsible developers will wait. The ones who are just out for a quick buck can go elsewhere, and we will be well rid of them! 2/27/2026 6:05 PM 4 I do not support a moratorium on development. This is just WARD by a different name. The community spoke very clearly about WARD. 2/27/2026 7:14 AM 5 Thanks for doing this!2/26/2026 8:27 PM Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 1 / 10 Q1 What is your Neighborhood Association? Answered: 37 Skipped: 0 Bogert Park Bozeman Creek Bridger Creeklands Cooper Park Figgins Addition Jandt Kirk Park Marwyn-Lindley Midtown New Hyalite View Northeast South Central University Valley Unit 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 2 / 10 Answer Choices Percentage Responses Bogert Park 0%0 Bozeman Creek 0%0 Bridger Creeklands 0%0 Cooper Park 0%0 Figgins Addition 0%0 Jandt 0%0 Kirk Park 0%0 Marwyn-Lindley 0%0 Midtown 0%0 New Hyalite View 0%0 Northeast 0%0 South Central 0%0 University 0%0 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 3 / 10 Q2 Would you support a one year pause on demolitions of large buildings within the NCOD while the Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 29 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 93.10%27 No 6.90%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 29 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 4 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 5 / 10 Q3 Would you support a one year pause on new development applications for large buildings while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 29 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 93.10%27 No 6.90%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 29 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 6 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 7 / 10 Q4 What do you consider a large building? Answered: 29 Skipped: 8 >20,000 sq. ft. >30,000 sq. ft. >40,000 sq. ft. >other 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses >20,000 sq. ft.51.72%15 >30,000 sq. ft.41.38%12 >40,000 sq. ft.3.45%1 >other 3.45%1 Total 29 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 8 / 10 Q5 Would you support the Inter-Neighborhood Council writing a letter asking the City Commission to adopt an Interim Zoning Ordinance to temporarily pause these projects for one year while the NCOD Design Guidelines are rewritten and adopted? Answered: 29 Skipped: 8 Yes No Other (please specify) 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%10… Answer Choices Percentage Responses Yes 93.10%27 No 6.90%2 Other (please specify)Show responses 0%0 Total 29 Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 9 / 10 #OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)DATE There are no responses. Neighborhood Association Input for March 2026 INC Meeting: Interim Zoning 10 / 10 Q6 Other comments that you might want to include: Answered: 10 Skipped: 27 #RESPONSES DATE 1 “No” to downtown NIMBYs trying to push development into every other neighborhood but their own! 3/5/2026 4:53 PM 2 These new 4 and 5-story buildings look terrible and are ruining the look of the city. They are also not providing affordable housing. Stop building them and leave Bozeman alone. Build that stuff out in four corners where nothing ins currently built (only if that is what the people who live out there want). Stop changing already existing neighborhoods. 3/4/2026 11:01 AM 3 Demonstrate a credible need based on demographics I mean, this is the problem that you know me, Keep outside big investor, money out stay local those who live here should have the greatest input to the development in history of Gallatin County. 3/4/2026 10:45 AM 4 A few years back there was discussion about how the high the signs were in BOZEMAN . All the signs like McDonald’s or service stations or stores had to be at a certain level so you could see the mountains. A large part of the BOZEMAN community thought it was stupid and waste of money. Now you have homes that have been built many years ago with large structures going up right next to a higher than previous aloud, blocking out sunlight sunset, and the mountains think about it take those buildings and use it like the sign law. 3/3/2026 5:50 PM 5 The issue is height. 60', or below, is more in keeping with the historic character of Bozeman. If Boulder, Colorado and other cities all over the USA can keep their historic character, so can Bozeman. And, no matter what people claim, water is the limiting factor. There is no guarantee Bozeman can secure water rights from other entities. Bozeman should be a leader in promoting that unlimited-unmanaged-unplanned growth is the ideaology of CANCER. Bozeman must accept that there is a population carrying capacity in our Valley. 3/3/2026 2:56 PM 6 We are assuming that this does not effect construction on single family homes and duplexes 3/1/2026 6:48 PM 7 Change can be hard and it often is more difficult the older you get. For neighborhoods who have enjoyed sunshine, blue skies, open viewscapes, and less crowded streets - large tall buildings are tough to take. 2/28/2026 10:37 PM 8 Building up to increase the # of occupancy with out taking into considerations the extra requirements for parking & traffic stress it puts on the surrounding neighborhood is irresponsible. There is also an increased pressure on life safety of the occupants of the new structure as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Large vehicle access like fire trucks ambulances & even service vehicles like garage trucks & snow plows. Add 3 feet of snow to the already crowded street parking & you can not get emergency vehicles in. Also consider the fact the the tall buildings will block the warming sun on the north side of the buildings will cause slick roads & sidewalks another hazard. We all know how well the new comers driving skills are. 2/27/2026 3:56 PM 9 Question #4 regarding "what is considered a large building:" For me, the height is a better indicator of "large building" rather than square footage, which can be configured in many different ways. Any building over 4 stories tall is "large," even if it is narrow, because it towers over adjacent historic buildings and disrupts the view of the mountains. For example, the Blackmore Apartment Building is four stories and is a large building. 2/27/2026 2:38 PM 10 Height restrictions should return to the State minimum height restriction of 60 feet 2/27/2026 2:09 PM