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Kodiak zoning commission to refine short‑term rental and boarding‑house definitions
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The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission spent much of its Sept. 10 work session discussing proposed revisions to Title 17 of the borough code that would clarify short‑term rental definitions, including how to treat boarding houses.
The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission spent much of its Sept. 10 work session discussing proposed revisions to Title 17 of the borough code that would clarify short‑term rental definitions, including how to treat boarding houses.
The commission heard from Chris French, community development director, who said the draft refines code language around short‑term rental uses and flagged confusion between the definitions of "guest room" and the existing "boarding house" entry. "If you use [guest room] for boarding house, then you're effectively changing that current definition, which allows up to 15 people in 5 rooms," French said, noting the existing guest‑room definition…
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