HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-05-26 Public Comment - A. Polus - Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning From: Ann Polus
To: Bozeman Public Comment
Cc: contact(s0arvestcreekmt.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning
Date: Tuesday,May 5,2026 9:33:47 AM
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I have family in and commuted through the Harvest Creek area for over twenty years.I've watched this
neighborhood grow carefully,house by house,street by street,always within the rules everyone agreed to follow. So
when I see Application 25775 proposing R-B zoning on the Hanson Lane parcel,my first reaction is simple:why are
we changing the rules now?
Every property surrounding this parcel is single-family residential,zoned R-1 or R-2,built at or below six units per
acre.Cottage Park Lane is single-family homes.The north side of Annie Street is single-story duplexes.Nothing
nearby exceeds two stories.Dropping R-B into this setting,which allows five-story buildings at densities that dwarf
everything around them,is spot zoning.Montana courts have been clear that spot zoning is disfavored,and I would
ask the City Commission to look at Greater Yellowstone Coalition v.Board of County Commissioners before
casting a yes vote on Tuesday.
My grandchildren use Annie Street to get to Emily Dickinson Elementary.Every school day.The Fowler Connector
will turn Annie Street into a through-route,and without installed traffic calming before that road opens,it becomes a
dangerous shortcut.A roundabout with a crosswalk is not a solution,and recent experience in this city has shown
exactly why.I want a pedestrian impact study and confirmed speed limits as conditions of any annexation approval,
not promises made afterward.
R-A zoning satisfies the Community Plan's Urban Neighborhood designation.BCP 2025 Goal N.1.11 calls for
gradual and predictable density in developed areas over time.R-A does that.R-B does not,not here,not surrounded
by built-out R-1 and R-2 neighborhoods with no transit and no services within a reasonable walk.On April 14,
Deputy Mayor Fischer and City Manager Winn pledged publicly that no four-or five-story buildings would go on
the adjacent city parcel.The same logic applies here.Please deny or delay Application 25775 and direct staff to
consider R-A.
Ann Polus
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