HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-05-26 Public Comment - D. Uehara - Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and ZoningFrom:Dianne uehara
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Cc:contact@harvestcreekmt.org
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning
Date:Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:02:53 AM
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To whom it may concern,
I have lived in Falcon Hollow for nearly a decade, and I am asking the City Commission to deny or delayApplication 25775 and direct staff to pursue R-A zoning instead of R-B for the Hanson Lane parcel.
My kids walk Annie Street. That's not an abstraction — that is the route they use to get to Emily DickinsonElementary. The City's plan extends Annie Street as a through connection to the Oak Springs Subdivision, andwithout installed traffic calming before that connection opens, Annie becomes a cut-through. A roundabout alone isnot enough. Recent experience in Bozeman shows that crosswalks paired with roundabouts are a problem, and thechildren who walk that stretch every school day deserve a pedestrian-impact study before the Commission votes, notafter.
On the zoning itself: R-B allows five-story buildings at densities that have no business sitting next to an establishedsingle-family neighborhood. No building within sight of this parcel is taller than two stories. The UDC 2025 R-Aclassification was designed for exactly this kind of annexation — it allows a range of housing types while keepingheights at 40 feet and density at or below 6 units per acre, which matches what is already built along this corridor.BCP Goal N.1.11 calls for gradual and predictable densification, not a leap from R-1 and R-2 surroundings directlyto R-B intensity.
Deputy Mayor Fischer and City Manager Winn both said in open session on April 14, 2026, that no four- or five-story buildings will go on the adjacent City-owned parcel. The development constraints on both parcels are thesame. The zoning outcome should be the same.
Over 90 neighbors have already submitted comments opposing R-B. The Community Development Boardrecommended approval anyway. I am asking the Commission to listen to what this neighborhood is actually tellingyou.
Aloha,Dianne Uehara
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