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Commission recommends Assembly approve Title 21 cleanup; commissioners request clearer setback wording for R2M
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the Anchorage Assembly approve text amendments to Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 (Chapters 4 and 6) to clarify dimensional standards adopted in AO 2023‑103s, and asked staff to consider specific wording changes to the side‑setback language.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the Anchorage Assembly approve proposed text amendments to Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21, Chapters 4 (zoning districts) and 6 (dimensional standards). Planning Department staff said the amendments are intended to clean up code language changed by AO 2023‑103s and to make the table of dimensional standards clearer for staff and applicants.
Staff summarized that the department finds the three required criteria for text amendments are met and that reviewing state and municipal agencies raised no objections. The department recommended the draft ordinance (in the packet) be approved and the…
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