HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-26-26 Public Comment - H. Higgs - Fix B-3 and zone edge transitions!From:Heather Higgs
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL][SUSPECTED SPAM] Fix B-3 and zone edge transitions!
Date:Wednesday, August 26, 2026 9:39:45 AM
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Dear City Commission,
Thank you for having a work session on B-3 height and Zone Edge Transitions. This is your chance to reduce the
max height of B-3 from 90 to 70 feet and address how easy it is to get out of building a transition.
The current Commission risks the loss of local character by allowing these monstrosities to invade the City.
Furthermore, this redevelopment infringes on the rights of longtime residents to sunlight, flow of fresh air, and
privacy.
DITCH THE LOOPHOLE! Do not let new developments barely meet the 60 ft right-of-way (ROW) threshold to get
out of doing a transition by ceding a small strip of land to count towards the ROW. It doesn't matter how good our
transitions in code are if everybody can get out of doing a transition!
If the commission is unwilling to consider reducing the max height in B-3, please consider as a compromise:
-Requiring a larger ROW transition for taller buildings--if a building can be up to 90 ft tall, the ROW should be at
least 90 ft wide in order to count as a transition, otherwise they build a transition.
-Requiring stepbacks for ALL tall buildings in B-3--not just at transitions--like the Downtown Bozeman
Improvement Plan suggested.
-Requiring transitions to R-A and R-B to stepback at max plate height, not max heights for those zones.
Thank you,
Heather Higgs
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