HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-05-26 Public Comment - S. Grantham - Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and ZoningFrom:Shannon
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Hanson Lane App 25775 Annexation and Zoning
Date:Tuesday, May 5, 2026 6:49:18 AM
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I'm writing to ask the City Commission to deny or at minimum delay the R-B zoning request in Application 25775
for the Hanson Lane parcel. I live on Catamount Street, a few minutes' walk from the proposed development site,and I've watched this neighborhood grow over the past few years. What's being proposed here doesn't fit.
Every property directly surrounding that parcel is single-family or low-density residential. The north side of AnnieStreet has single-story duplexes. Cottage Park Lane is single-family homes. Nothing in that area exceeds two stories.R-B zoning allows five-story buildings at densities greater than six units per acre, and there is nothing in the existingbuilt environment to support that kind of jump. That's not gradual densification. Bozeman Community Plan 2025Goal N.1.11 calls specifically for "gradual and predictable density in developed areas over time," and R-A zoning isexactly what that goal describes. Under UDC 2025, R-A covers single- to two-family homes, caps heights at 40 feet,and is designed for this type of annexation and zoning map change.
I'm also asking the Commission to require a comprehensive traffic and infrastructure impact study before any vote.The water, sewer, and stormwater systems in this part of Bozeman were sized for the neighborhood that alreadyexists here, not for R-B density. Catamount and the surrounding streets weren't engineered for a significant increasein vehicle trips. And Annie Street, once extended through to Oak Springs, becomes a direct route to EmilyDickinson Elementary with no traffic calming in place. Kids walk that route. A roundabout without installedpedestrian calming measures is a documented problem, and the Commission knows this from recent localexperience.
On April 14, 2026, Deputy Mayor Douglas Fischer and City Manager Chuck Winn both said publicly that no four-or five-story buildings would go on the adjacent city-owned parcel. The development constraints on these twoparcels are essentially the same. The zoning outcome should be the same. Please vote no on R-B and direct staff tobring back R-A.
Shannon Grantham
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