Record for the proposed revisions to the Alternative Development Overlay District, which affects setbacks, minimum lot area, and other issues related to development [CBJ 49.70, Article XII].  In the links below, the general order of documents is meeting materials followed by the minutes.  “T49” refers to a meeting of the Planning Commission’s Title 49 subcommittee

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June 26, 2017:  Summarized record of original Assembly action on ADOD.

January and February, 2019:  Downtown informational meetings.

April 11, 2019:  T49, review of the ADOD proposal.

April 18, 2019:  T49, review of the ADOD proposal, continued.

July 10, 2019:  T49, modification of setbacks, modification of boundary, minimum lot size discussion, sliding setbacks.

July 22, 2019:  Assembly action extending ADOD sunset to August 2020.

August 7, 2019:  T49, continued discussion.

September 4, 2019:  T49, continued discussion.

October 2, 2019:  T49, continued discussion.

November 1, 2019:  T49, summary and continued discussion.

December, 2019:  Neighborhood meetings.

December 12, 2019:  T49, debrief on neighborhood meetings.

March 5, 2020:  T49, comments and proposed ordinance.

June 9, 2020:  Planning Commission Committee of the Whole, consideration of the ADOD.

July 27, 2021:  Planning Commission, post-COVID revival of ADOD. (Note that the meeting was delayed from June of the same year).

August 23, 2021:  Assembly extension of ADOD sunset to August 1, 2022.

Revisions to parking code including reorganization, establishing a “No Parking Required Area,” establishing a “Town Center Parking District” with reduced parking requirements, allowing parking waivers in the downtown area, and other modifications.

In the links below, “T49” refers to the Planning Commission’s Title 49 subcommittee.  Support and back-up documents occur first, with minutes (if available) at the end.

January 28, 2020:  Regular Planning Commission Meeting  to hear VAR2019 0005, to reduce parking requirements to zero.  Meeting Continued.

February 4, 2020:  VAR2019 0005 denied, findings recognize pushing parking to neighborhoods is a detriment. 

February 18, 2020:  Applicant writes letter to the Assembly.

February 24, 2020:  Assemblyman  requests discussion of the letter at a future Committee of the Whole.

March 2, 2020:  Assembly Committee of the Whole:  Direction to Planning Commission.

March 19, 2020:  CBJ in lock down due to COVID pandemic (no link).

April 14, 2020:  Regular Planning Commission meetings resume (no link).

September 10, 2020:  First post-lockdown T49 Meeting, no quorum.  Initial meeting to review parking code, fee-in-lieu maps, Downtown Parking Management Plan (2010), Planning Commission minutes, and Assembly minutes (no link).

October 8, 2020:  T49 review of options: no change, modification to parking districts, development of new standards, modify or eliminate fee-in-lieu, or eliminating off-street parking minimums for a geographic area. Reviewed Downtown Parking Management Plan actions for applicability. 

October 29, 2020:  T49, review of information requested at the previous meeting:  fee-in-lieu data, existing mapped areas, off-street parking variance and off-street parking waiver data.

November 24, 2020:  T49, first draft of modifications to code.  Included parking district boundary review, various reductions by-right, and criteria for further reductions. 

December 17, 2020:  T49, draft ordinance review in light of research on the intent of parking districts and fee-in-lieu, and review of response to previous comments.  Parks and Recreation Department provided empty space counts for city garages and lots in 2019 and partial information for 2020.

January 28, 2021:  T49 review of draft code and parking district boundaries. 

February 18, 2021:  T49 review of draft code and parking district boundaries.

April 1, 2021:  T49 final review before sending to the Commission. 

May 25, 2021:  Regular Planning Commission – review of proposed ordinance.

June 10, 2021:  T49 modification to ADA off-street parking requirements.

June 24, 2021:  T49 review of Town Center Parking Area standards and loading zone modifications. 

August 26, 2021:  T49 review of proposed changes, including definitions.

September 14, 2021:  Committee of the Whole (COW) review of changes and intent language.  Asked staff to consider a No Parking Required Area (NPRA). 

November 30, 2021:  T49 review of possible NPRA.

December 14, 2021:  Regular Planning Commission information item on changes made and sent to CBJ Law Department for review. 

Chilkat Subdivision Phase II: the Applicant proposed subdivision of one (1) tract into fifteen (15) lots and three (3) tracts of land at Hillcrest Avenue in a D15 zone.

In response to CBJ comments, the fifteen (15) lots have been reduced to thirteen (13).

Proposed Subdivision, as of January 17. 2022

This is the second phase of Chilkat Vistas Subdivision.  Record documents from Phase I are linked below:

SMP2019 0004:  Preliminary Plat Staff Report

Minutes from approval of the Preliminary Plat at a Regular Planning Commission Meeting on November 12, 2019.

SMF2020 0001: Final Plat Staff Report

The Final Plat for Phase I was approved by the Planning Commission under the consent agenda at their regular meeting on July 28, 2020.

Information pending.