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Kenai Peninsula Borough lands committee introduces Humpty Point R‑1 local-option zoning ordinance; hearing set for June 3
Summary
The Kenai Peninsula Borough lands committee heard an introduction of Ordinance 2025-08 to establish an R‑1 local‑option zoning (LOZ) district covering 13 borough-owned lots at Humpty Point; staff said required mailings and a public meeting drew no comments.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough lands committee introduced Ordinance 2025-08 on March 6, 2025, a measure the mayor brought forward to establish an R‑1 local‑option zoning (LOZ) district for 13 borough-owned lots at Humpty Point and to amend KPB 21.46.040. A hearing on the ordinance is scheduled for June 3, 2025.
The ordinance would apply residential R‑1 standards to the identified lots on the bluff in the area described in the meeting as adjacent to Coho Loop. Robert Rufker, the borough planning director, told the committee the LOZ would add setbacks on buildable lots, larger street‑front setbacks for some parcels and a bluff setback because of erosion concerns. He said the borough mailed notices as required by code and held a public meeting one or two weeks earlier with no attendees and no written or phone comments.
Aaron Hughes, the borough’s land management officer, told the committee that the package includes 13 lots to meet the minimum threshold for a local‑option zoning district and that a nearby northern borough lot was omitted because the borough is considering a different layout for future development; he said that approaching the Alaska Department of Transportation for an approach permit on a corner parcel can be “tricky.” Hughes said access for the lots would be DOT‑approved off Coho Loop, generally with shared driveways (one driveway for every two lots) except for a single northern corner lot that will have individual access.
Because the item was introduced rather than voted on, committee members asked procedural and technical questions but took no formal action. No public commenters appeared during the staff notice and meeting described by staff.
The ordinance text cited KPB 21.46.040 as the code section being amended; the committee set the public hearing date for June 3. Additional technical details and the full legal description of affected parcels are contained in the ordinance packet provided to the lands committee.
