A Bozeman, MT hotel owner demolishing a building on his downtown property rammed a backhoe into a neighboring business Thursday, damaging a column and leaving the owner of the damaged property wondering what sort of standards the city sets for demolition.

Thomas Mosser, owner of the Imperial Inn on Main Street, was tearing down a former gas station and garage at the corner of Main Street and Grand Avenue Thursday morning when he lost control of the backhoe he was driving and backed into a column at the entrance of Mercury Advertising.