NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Bozeman Planning Department has received Variance Application No. 26-444 submitted by J. Everett “Ev” Kincaid, owner of Lot 7, Block 12, Original Townsite Addition, 312 South 5th Avenue. Applicant requests a variance from Section 18.42.030(2)(a) to reduce the required front yard setback from twenty (20) feet to zero (0) feet for a covered parking structure to accommodate three (3) Subaru Outbacks, one (1) Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, two (2) roof-mounted cargo boxes, and a seasonal studded tire pile. The property contains a six-hundred-square-foot cottage circa 1923. The proposed structure would measure twenty-four (24) feet in height, exceeding the accessory structure limit by six (6) feet, and would shade the neighboring raised-bed kale garden October through March. A public hearing will be held before the Board of Adjustment on September 15, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in Commission Chambers, 121 North Rouse Avenue. Written comments must be received by August 26, 2026, which was last Tuesday.