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Residents, assembly members back citizen-drafted zoning changes to boost housing in Skagway
Summary
At a Jan. 21 Civic Affairs Committee meeting, residents urged code changes to allow triplexes and accessory dwelling units and the committee unanimously directed staff to format the citizen-submitted amendments to SMC 19.06 and forward them to Planning and Zoning for review.
At its Jan. 21 meeting, the Skagway Municipality Civic Affairs Committee heard sustained public support for citizen-drafted changes to SMC 19.06 that would allow triplexes and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to increase housing options.
Jamie Bricker, a lifelong Skagway resident, told the committee the municipality and private developers face similar cost hurdles and that loosening code to allow denser, clustered housing would help projects pencil out. "I'm 100% in favor of the code changes that Mr. Healy and Mr. Hunter are proposing," Bricker said, citing the 2030…
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