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Commission pauses proposed B‑3 zoning changes on self‑storage and parking, orders a work session
Summary
Facing questions about policy trade‑offs — encouraging housing versus preserving industrial/commercial uses — the Planning and Zoning Commission postponed two linked B‑3 zoning amendments on self‑storage, parking and mixed‑use definitions and directed staff to schedule a joined work session for more data and policy guidance.
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission on April 13 voted to postpone two Assembly‑sponsored code amendments affecting the B‑3 zoning district and directed staff to hold a joint work session. The items under review would (1) make some uses — such as self‑storage, storage yards and large parking lots — conditional in B‑3 and (2) expand permitted housing forms and clarify the mixed‑use definition.
Staff said the proposals were intended to favor housing development and limit certain…
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