HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-05-26 Public Comment - R. Newman - Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning From: Becky Newman
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Cc: contact(d)harvestcreekmt.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning
Date: Tuesday,May 5,2026 5:42:50 AM
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R-B allows buildings up to 45 feet and five stories. Nothing within sight of that parcel comes
close to that. Harvest Creek is single-family homes. The duplexes on the north side of Annie
Street are one story. Cottage Park Lane is single-family. The surrounding density is at or
below six units per acre, which is exactly what R-A is designed for. Dropping R-B into that
context is textbook spot zoning, and Montana courts have been clear that spot zoning is
disfavored for good reason.
My child uses Annie Street to get to Emily Dickinson Elementary every day. The plan to
extend Annie Street through to Oak Springs with a roundabout at Fowler and no installed
traffic calming turns a school route into something genuinely dangerous. Recent experience in
Bozeman has shown that roundabout-plus-crosswalk combinations create problems for
pedestrians, especially children. I am asking the Commission to require definitive speed limits
and physical traffic calming as a condition of any annexation approval not a promise, not a
study, actual installed measures.
BCP Goal N.1.11 calls for gradual and predictable density increases in developed areas. R-A
satisfies that goal. It allows a range of housing types up to two stories while respecting what's
already been built around it. Deputy Mayor Fischer and City Manager Winn both said on April
14 that no four- or five-story development would go on the adjacent city-owned parcel. The
same logic applies here. Please deny or delay Application 25775 and direct staff to consider R-
A.
Rebecca Newman