HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-25-26 Public Comment - A. Breuer - Zone Edge Transition discussion From: Abigail Breuer
To: Bozeman Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Zone Edge Transition discussion
Date: Tuesday,August 25,2026 10:42:54 AM
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Dear City Commissioners:
Live in an area of a failed `across the street'zone edge transition and urge you to adopt the
maximum wall plate height of the adjacent lowest density zones (22 ft in R-A and 33 ft in R-B)
in order not to further to infringe upon RA and RB-zoned homes by promoting tall buildings
across the street without sufficient setbacks and stepbacks.
While the zone edge of BHS to North 11th Avenue differs in some respects from the imposition
of the tall buildings north of downtown surrounding the old hospital site or the Black-Olive
building upon nearby homes, I hope my lived experience can be instructive. Moreover,the
presence of RD zoning along Durston just a few doors down from my RA home means I have a
vested interest in the City getting it right this time and into the future.
Prior to developing the North 11th Entrance to BHS without a setback[This entrance is 4 times
closer to the center line of North 11 th Avenue than the average of the 15 largest high schools in
our state, making it a complete outlier], my residential neighborhood coexisted readily with
more students than are present today when the BHS and former CJ campuses were located
side by side along North 11th.In that era, our proximity to students and the campus was a
neighborhood feature, rather than an intrusion.
Yet, since the establishment of the main entrance to BHS and nearly all services [deliveries,
dumpsters/garbage pick up, parking, student/parent entry]facing North 11th, my neighbors and
I live with regular incursions on our side of the street from early morning to night.The impacts
of the school operations are no longer contained within the expansive BHS campus, but
instead a felt present inside my home (e.g. Dumpster emptying at 3 am? Headlights from
unscreened parking lots at any hour?Students gathering after practices, night games and
events? Blowing garbage left for neighbors to pick up?).
Please do not underestimate the impact of any entrance and larger building across the street
from existing neighbors.Those of us who are invested in our neighborhoods do not wish to
keep others out.We do however, deserve sufficient measures to be able to continue to enjoy
our homes,too.
Thankyou,
Abigail Breuer