Interneighborhood Council backs Centennial Park zoning request, asks staff to flag map/code conflicts

The Interneighborhood Council on May 8 voted to send a letter asking the Bozeman City Commission to direct staff to treat resident-led zoning change requests as part of the city’s Unified Development Code (UDC) update and to approve the Centennial Park neighborhood’s request to be zoned R2 (to appear as RA in the updated UDC).

Jane Mangold, a Centennial Park resident and member of the neighborhood core team, presented the proposal and described the area as “approximately a 5 by 3 block area that runs from Peach Avenue to Tamarack Avenue” and from the west side of Bozeman Avenue to the east side of North Third. Mangold said the group submitted its proposal to the city on April 8 and had documented outreach, including door‑to‑door contact and neighborhood meetings; “we did acquire 54 percent of our property owners signed on in support of this proposal,” she said.

Why it matters: The request seeks to change parcels now zoned R4 (which would become RC under the UDC revisions) to lower‑intensity zoning to conserve neighborhood character, protect mature vegetation and historic…