To Whom it May Concern:

Residents of the Red Rock Estates neighborhood were informed of the proposed rezoning of the empty lot on Marble Drive. Our initial goal was to purchase the land as an HOA to build a park. Teton Ridge Holdings, LLC instead purchased the land and is applying to amend the current R2 zoning conditions to build densely populated housing.

Please sign to stop this and protect the character of our neighborhood!

The conditions are the following, per the Bonneville County Assistant Planner:

"The property is zoned R2 but it had a condition put on it by the Developer that it can only have single family homes and zero lot line twin homes built on it as far as housing is concerned. (Chapter 33 of the Subdivision Building code).  Another issue is it cannot be subdivided as it is already part of a platted subdivision with a zoning change which would provide the property with a new finding of fact.  She was under the impression that a change to R-1.5 for be approved, as the property next to it is R 1.5.  The housing allowed in an R-1.5 is single family homes and zero lot line twin homes (same as what is currently allowed due to the condition placed on it), but it would be subdividable.  The Buyer would have to go through the whole process of rezoning, though, including public hearings / engineering work, etc."

Current R2 zoning laws are the following:

"CHAPTER 15 - R-2, RESIDENCE ZONE Section 1-1501. General Objectives and Characteristics. 1. The R-2 Residence Zone is established to provide a residential environment characterized by smaller lots and a somewhat greater density of population than the R-1 Residence Zone. 2. Representative uses in this zone include single-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and certain other public facilities which are necessary to promote and maintain stable residential areas. 3. To accomplish the objectives and purposes of this ordinance and to promote the characteristics of the R-2 Residence Zone, the regulations provided in this chapter shall apply. Section 1-1502. Permitted Uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-2 Residence Zone: 1. Any use permitted in the R-P Residence Park Zone and any use permitted in the R-1 Residence Zone. 2. Duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes, boarding houses and zero lot line townhouses. 3. Child day care centers. 4. Parking lots in connection with permitted buildings, but not including commercial parking lots. Section 1-1503. Area. 1. An area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet shall be provided and maintained for each single family dwelling; plus an additional one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area for each dwelling unit. 2. For child day care centers, a lot area of at least eight thousand (8,000) square feet shall be required. Section 1-1504. Width. The minimum width of any building site for a single-family dwelling shall be sixty (60) feet. The building site for each two-family, three-family, and four-family dwellings and child day care center shall be eighty (80) feet. Section 1-1505. Front Yard. A front yard of at least thirty (30) feet shall be required except as provided in Section 1-420 of this ordinance. 67 With Revisions 8/1996 to 2/28/2011 67 Section 1-1506. Side Yard. 1. For an interior lot there shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches for each foot of building length or eight (8) inches for each foot of building height, whichever is the greater distance, provided, however, that no main building shall be set back less than eight (8) feet from the side property line. Side yard requirements for accessory buildings shall be the same as for main buildings except that no side yards shall be required for accessory buildings which are located more than one hundred (100) feet from the front lot line and at least twelve (12) feet from the main building. 2. For a corner lot there shall be a side yard of not less than thirty (30) feet on the street side. The side yard for the other side shall be the same as for interior lots. Section 1-1507. Rear Yard. The rear yard requirements for the R-2 Residence Zone shall be the same as those required for the R-P Residence Park Zone. Section 1-1508. Height of Buildings. No building shall be erected to a height greater than two (2) stories. Roofs above the square of the building, chimneys, flag poles, television antennas, church towers, and other similar structures not used for human occupancy are excluded in determining height. Section 1-1509. Lot Coverage and Landscaping. 1. Maximum Lot Coverage: Lot coverage, including all area under roofs and paved or concrete surfaces, shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total lot and parking area. The maximum lot coverage of single-family attached dwelling units shall be sixty-five percent (65%) for interior lots and fifty percent (50%) for corner lots. The remaining lot area shall be landscaped. 2. Lot Coverage Exemption: The landscaped area on a lot will be considered to include such hard-surface outdoor recreation facilities as tennis courts, basketball courts, shuffleboard courts, and swimming pools, provided that: (a) The hard-surface outdoor recreation facilities make up no more than forty percent (40%) of the required landscaped area, and (b) Those facilities are available for the use of all residents of the development."

Our Petition

Per the conditions placed by the developer, the lot on Marble Drive can only have single family homes and twin homes built. We are petitioning Bonneville County to keep the current conditions on this lot. Our concerns are the following:

• Our home values will decrease.
• Traffic in our neighborhood and surrounding streets will worsen and pose safety concerns.
• The neighborhood would become overcrowded.
• The entrance on Iona Road would become more hazardous, especially for children walking to school.
• Our schools, which are already overcrowded, would become increasingly overcrowded.
• High-rise dwellings will obstruct scenery and are unpleasant to look at in a single-family home neighborhood.
• Residents purchased homes in the neighborhood under the impression that a church would be built on this lot. Keeping the current conditions of the R2 zoning would benefit the homeowners by keeping the neighborhood consistent in its building.

We ask that the Bonneville County commissioners deny this application and keep the current R2 building conditions on the lot on Marble Drive.

Sincerely,

Residents of the Red Rock Estates neighborhood & surrounding residents whom this would also impact