Editor's note: The Chronicle published an informational story about WARD last week. An additional story about the water policy side of the ballot initiative will be published later this week. Election Day is Nov. 4 and ballots are scheduled to be mailed Oct. 17.
A citizen's ballot initiative in Bozeman that would realistically require most developers to provide one-third of new residential developments at below-market prices has alarmed some Bozeman housing industry members.
The Water Adequacy for Residential Development, or WARD, initiative would require residential developers proposing to build three or more units who aren’t bringing new water rights to the table and instead wanting to make use of the city’s cash-in-lieu of water rights option to rent or sell one-third of units at be