HomeMy WebLinkAboutWestbrook Zoning Public Comment from Carolyn Anderson 4-11-14From:Chris Saunders
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Westbrook zone map amendment application Z13296
Date:Friday, April 11, 2014 3:15:08 PM
Received public comment
From: Carolyn Anderson [mailto:carolynj_anderson@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 2:24 PMTo: Chris Saunders; PlanningSubject: Westbrook zone map amendment application Z13296
To: Bozeman Zoning and City Commission
Re: Westbrook ZMA Z13296
Date: April 11, 2014
Five and a half years ago my husband and I purchased our home on Rosa Way with
intentions of raising our family in this neighborhood. It has been a very family friendly
area - a park across the street, very little traffic, and an open field behind our house
complete with a creek, natural spring pond, bald eagles, great horned owls, a family
of foxes, sand hill cranes, the occasional deer, and so much more. The Traditions'
(my neighborhood) developer, who is also the developer of this Westbrook
subdivision, informed us before we purchased our home in 2008 that nothing could
be built behind us due to the wetlands being a protected area. Imagine my irritation
and disappointment about 6 months later when we received notice that someone had
submitted a major subdivision application for this very same wetlands! I am still
astounded that it got approved.
Now, a proposed amendment to change the zoning to allow for high density housing
is simply frightening. I understand the buildings could simply be two-household
residences, but they could also be major apartment complexes! We have no specific
plans on which to base our decision, so I am basing my decision to OPPOSE the
Westbrook ZMA Z13296 proposed amendment to the zoning map to change 5.4
acres from R-3 to R-4 on the worst-case scenario. The possibility of giant
complexes, increased traffic, change in the character of my neighborhood, and
decrease in my property value is enough to make me cringe - please vote NO on this
amendment.
Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter,
Carolyn Anderson
833A Rosa Way
Bozeman, MT 59718
406-600-0199