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Planning commission approves multiple routine renewals and land‑use permits, sends mobile‑vendor rule change to assembly
Summary
The commission approved renewals for a watchman’s quarters and mobile‑food vendor site, adopted a daycare conditional‑use permit and approved several variances; it also voted to forward a code change to allow 3‑year renewable conditional‑use permits for mobile food vendors to the borough assembly.
At its March 6 meeting the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Planning Commission approved several routine applications and sent a proposed code amendment to the borough assembly.
The commission renewed a three‑year conditional‑use permit for an existing watchman’s quarters in a heavy industrial zone (case 26008), finding negligible impacts after staff reported a decades‑long use and no complaints. The motion passed unanimously.
The commission renewed a one‑year conditional‑use permit allowing up to three mobile food vendors on a downtown Dock Street site (case 26009) and then discussed a staff proposal to amend the zoning code to allow three‑year renewable permits for mobile vendors. Several commissioners and operators supported a longer term; staff noted no complaints in five years of annual renewals and recommended sending the code change to the assembly. The commission voted to forward the amendment as a recommendation.
The commission also approved a perpetual conditional‑use permit for a commercial daycare (case 26010) in a church building, citing state licensing and staff review that found sufficient space and parking for the proposed capacity.
Separately, the commission approved two variances for an assembled waterfront property at 4302 South Tongass Highway: a major variance to allow an attached garage to remain four feet into a side‑yard setback and a major variance to permit a 5‑foot front‑yard encroachment for a boat shed (cases 26011 and 26012). The applicant said the front encroachment allows safer trailer turning and reduces on‑highway backing.
Votes were recorded on the record for each resolution; staff will follow up with conditional‑permit timelines and any required engineering reviews.
