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Council approves modified column-height variance for Bellewood Road property

Anchorage City Council · March 10, 2025
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Summary

Dan Osborne requested taller stone columns at 1116 Bellewood Road; Council approved reduced column heights (6'7" on Bellewood, 5' on Cherry Lane) conditioned on Historic Preservation Commission approval, and Osborne confirmed use of whole limestone.

Property owner Dan Osborne requested a column-height variance for 1116 Bellewood Road to install two 8-foot-tall stone columns with 8'6" gates at the Bellewood entrance and two 5-foot-tall stone columns with 5'6" gates at the Cherry Lane entrance. Osborne agreed to match the height of neighboring columns and "confirmed that real whole limestone (versus veneers or thin slices) will be used to construct the columns," per the minutes.

Councilmember Diane Cook moved to approve a pair of 6'7" tall columns for the Bellewood Road entrance and a pair of 5' tall columns for the Cherry Lane entrance, plus gates, conditioned on Historic Preservation Commission approval. Hunter Wilson seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.