HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-05-16 Hower, Pine Meadows Subdivision
April 5, 2016
City of Bozeman
Department of Planning and Community Development
Bozeman, MT 59771
Attn: Planning Board
Via E-mail
RE: Pine Meadow Subdivision Preliminary Plat application #16-041
Honorable Members of the City of Bozeman Planning Board:
I, William C. Hower, living on the county end of Valley Drive am not a constituent of the City of Bozeman
and you may not feel that you are accountable to me for your actions. I am a resident of the County.
I will, however, hold you accountable should you approve the proposed subdivision 16-041 for the
increased auto traffic and my loss of quiet enjoyment as guaranteed by law due to its presence on the
county end of Valley Drive due to the inevitable traffic.
I do not understand what motivates folks to stack houses a la New York City nearly on top of each other
or what makes city planners give consideration to such folly especially when the land in question has
clear and long standing restrictive covenants recorded on its deed. Unless, that is, that motivation is
monetary, which I suspect exists.
The subject plat should have no more than seven (7) homes to be in harmony with the rest of Valley
Drive.
The quality of life for residents will be severely impacted by such overdevelopment and all parties to this
over development will be held accountable should the city and dev elopers continue to pursue
duplicating Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in Bozeman.
City planners; please read the City’s Code of Ethics, you will be held accountable for your actions.
In closing, Bozeman is well known internationally for a high quality of life. Why do you want to mess
with that?
Sincerely
William Christian Hower
Valley Drive
Bozeman, MT