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Commission continues Lesnois similar-use request to January after public concern over scope and notice

Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission · December 18, 2025
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Summary

Facing multiple public commenters who said they had little notice and worried the Lesnois request could affect large swaths of Middle Bay, the commission voted unanimously to continue a Lesnois similar-use determination to the January meeting to allow more public input and work-session review.

The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 17 deferred action on a request from Lesnois asking that a proposed cultural center be treated as a use similar to a church under Title 17 zoning. Commissioners voted to continue the case to the January meeting to allow additional public testimony and work-session consideration.

Chris French, Community Development staff, said the application seeks a similar-use determination because the zoning code lists church as a defined assembly use while the proposed cultural center is a noncommercial assembly. French said the building contains roughly a 2,400-square-foot…

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