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Anchorage zoning board denies garage and driveway variances for Hillside property
Summary
After staff recommended denial and a resident urged protection of the riparian zone, the board denied two variance requests for 11461 Hill Drive: the detached garage side-yard variance was denied unanimously; the driveway/stream-setback variance was denied on a 1–4 vote.
The Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals denied two variance requests for a property on the Anchorage Hillside (11461 Hill Drive) during its Oct. 9, 2025 meeting.
Staff told the board that a permit history and a 2015 code change expanded the stream setback to 50 feet, and that the current parcel is encumbered by the larger stream setback. The applicant sought two variances: (1) to allow a proposed 2,400-square-foot detached garage to encroach 17.5 feet into the required 25-foot south-side setback, and (2) to allow an existing gravel driveway to encroach 25 feet into the required 50-foot Craig Creek…
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