HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-05-26 Public Comment - A. Newman - Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning (2) From: Austin Newman
To: Bozeman Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning
Date: Tuesday,May 5,2026 11:22:33 AM
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The City Commission will hear this on May 5, and I'm asking you to deny R-B zoning and
direct staff to consider R-A instead. R-A fits. It matches the development pattern on every side
of this parcel—single-family homes, a few duplexes on the north side of Annie Street, and
the Harvest Creek subdivision immediately adjacent. Under UDC 2025, R-A holds the
attributes of the old R-1 and R-2 zones: one and two stories, a 40-foot height cap, density at or
below six units per acre. That's what's already here. R-B, by contrast, would let a developer
build five-story buildings as of right, with only a building permit required.
Annie Street concerns me most. When this annexation goes through, Annie Street becomes a
through connection toward Emily Dickinson Elementary. Kids walk that route. My own
neighbors' children walk that route. A roundabout at Fowler and Annie without installed
traffic calming is a real hazard Bozeman has seen what happens when crosswalks are
paired with roundabouts and drivers don't yield. I'd ask that any annexation approval be
conditioned on definitive speed limits and traffic calming measures, with a pedestrian safety
study completed before the vote, not after.
More than 90 public comments have already been submitted opposing R-B. The Community
Development Board recommended approval anyway. I'm asking the Commission to do better.
Please extend the public comment period, commission a traffic impact study, and zone this
parcel R-A.
Austin Newman