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Anchorage zoning board approves routine business and allows postponement of petitioner’s case
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On Jan. 15, 2026, the Municipality of Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals approved minutes and the consent agenda and accepted a petitioner’s request to postpone public hearing case 2025-0140 to a future meeting; several members announced recusals or early departures.
ANCHORAGE — The Municipality of Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals met Jan. 15 and approved routine business while agreeing to a petitioner’s request to postpone a public hearing. The board approved the Nov. 13, 2025 minutes and the consent agenda and then accepted a postponement request for case 2025-0140.
The meeting opened with the chair calling roll; members present included Ellen McKay, Dave Hale, Andrew Romerdal, Brian Bennett, Craig Bennett and Jason Norris. Jonathan Ling was listed as excused. Board member Dave Hale moved to approve the Nov. 13 minutes, and Craig Bennett seconded; with no corrections the minutes were approved. Hale also moved approval of the consent agenda, seconded by Craig Bennett, and the board approved it without objections.
Several disclosures and recusals were recorded. Jason Norris said he would have to leave the meeting “at the top of the hour.” A speaker identified in the record as Hauser stated he would abstain from voting on resolution 2025-012 because of prior participation in case 2025-0113. Andrew Romerdal said he was absent for the Nov. 13 meeting and therefore would abstain on resolution 2025-013. Craig Bennett stated that the petitioner before the board had engaged his firm on past planning cases but that he had “no financial or personal interest in this case” and could remain impartial.
When the board opened the public hearing for case 2025-0140 (petitioners listed as Rob and Gina Brown), the petitioner’s representative identified himself as Ron Thomas Wisco of Permitting and Engineering and requested the case be postponed to a future meeting to allow additional discussions with the municipality and to appear before a larger board. The board accepted the request; the transcript records no formal recorded vote on the postponement and no motion was required under the board’s short five-member attendance practice for offering postponement to petitioners.
The chair noted there will be a February meeting and observed that it was Mr. Hill’s last meeting; no committee reports were presented. A motion to adjourn was moved and seconded and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.
Actions taken at the meeting were procedural: approval of minutes (moved by Dave Hale; seconded by Craig Bennett); approval of the consent agenda (moved by Dave Hale; seconded by Craig Bennett); and the board’s acceptance of a petitioner’s request to postpone case 2025-0140. No ordinances, code changes, or substantive land-use decisions were voted on at the session.
The petitioner indicated they expected to meet with municipal staff the following week to discuss outstanding issues before returning to the board.
