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1973-02-21 Regular MeetingPLANNING & ZONING COI4MISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 r-- I CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Acting Presiding Officer, John Burnham at 7:45 p.m., in the courtro-•m cf the State Office Building. II ROLL CALL Pre<ent Absent Mr. John Burnham Mr. John Welch Mrs. Wilda Gellis Mr. Jerry Holt Mr. Gene E:owin Mr. Jim Wheeler Mr. Tom Terry Also present were about 10 people in the audience. III MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS.MEETINGS A. P&Z - Regular - January 24, 1973 - No comments were voiced on these minutes. Mrs_. Gellis moved to accept',the minutes. Seconded by•Mr. Erwin. Motion passed by ur;animous roll call vote. Em IV MINUTES FROM OTHER MEETINGS A. Assembly - Re ular - February 1 1973 - No comments were voiced on these minutes. V COMMUNICATIONS. A. Letter from City of Kodiak: Requesting Gibson Cove to —� - ---- be reron from �:n>er,-ation to Ind^trial Mrs. Holt states we should have a public hearing on this area which would include from the new Ci:;y Dock on out to Bic Dry and the Kalakala. Mrs. Gellis moved that we call for a public hearinm_ Sannnr7nA by M,. TrZ,v, B. Letter from Ronald Williams Re: Requestinp for an ex- mr. wiliiams proposed to add an addition to his existing duplex, which will be a two bedroom addition and he plans to occupy this addition. Mrs. Holt suggested that we should write Mr. Williams and ask him if he is addine'a so C. Letter from Roddy & Betty York - Granny's Knitting No Re: Requesting to rezone par of Lot 7. All:. in & a uriclassu iea vo business - Mrs. York wou a —tore, zone to business because she is now in the process of tearing the present building and building a new shop on the lot. Mr. Benton has given them a stop work order because the zoning of the area is not business. Mrs. Gellis moved tha.t we call for a public hep-ing on Lots la 1-7 of Amgn,_r7�T_�*nde, Block 1. Second d by Mr. Term, KIBS272763 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 page 2 U VI COMMUNICATION (cont.) C. Because of the time involved it was suggested that we have this public hearing. Mr. Gel to sav that we have a Dublic vote. with the building process a special meeting for ing _ w ion passed b D. Letter from Lloyd Benton, Building Inspector Re: Unclassified lot requirements - Mr. Benton stated that he went out to the Bells Flats area with the intention of looking over Mr. Greers property, but he also noted problems that would result from other lots withii. the area, so he recommended the require- ments for the whole area. He stated that there is now a new requirement that septic systems be separated from water sources by 200 feet. He further added that the Bells Flats area will present a problem in this case and also other areas around Kodiak. He also stated some setback requirements in the letter, should help on deciding about Mr. Greer's setback requirement for his lot. These are only suggestions for review by the Planning & Zoning Commission. E. Letter from Okey Chandler - Rezone Tracts "B" & "D", U. S. Survey 1672 from Conservation to Unclassified Mr. Chandler did not have a letter presented to p&Z but he was available in the audience for any question* P&Z might have. Mr. Chandler gave a description of the area that he wanted rezoned. Mr. Erwin moved that we have a public hearing on this. Seconded by Mr. Terry. F. Murl Estes Re: Request for rezoning Lots 8 - 9 - Block 5, Baranof Heights from R-2 to R-3 - Mr. Estes stated that the reason he wanted these lots zoned to R-3 is because he had houses with an area too large for duplexes and he wanted to make them into triplexe$ He stated that in Anchorage R-2 zones can house 1-2-3 family units. This meets with the Uniform Building Code. Our present ordinance does not comply with the Uniform Building Code. Mr. Terry moved that we ha a Dublic hearing on these lots'. Seconded by Mr. Erwin sea by unanimous roll c PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Lorraine Dayton - Rezoning Lots 16-2 o Light industrial - Mrs. Uellis tnat we rezone lots lb-Gj From unciassiriea t0 L1ghL Industrial. Seconded by Mr. Terry. Mr. Burnham closed the regular meeting and opened the public hearing. Mrs. Jussila stated that she believes that since businesses were heading out that direction, we should zone the area business instead of light industrial. Mrs. Meyer stated that commercial was not clearly de- fined in the code she received from the Borough, she believes that it should be more so defined so the people would know what restrictions would be set upon them. Mr. Burke stated he is not against rezoning to commercial but if someone ever builds on Feltons' lot, the swamp area should be drained. This swamp hays a natural flow of water and should never be plugged up. He further stated that about six houses drain into this swamp area. And also he is having problems with rats, which he n,v­ a" ....o...,., l.nn,. - nv av, KIBS272764 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 PAGE 3 1 r F VI PUBLIC HEARINGS (cont.) Vill A. Mr. Erwin B. J C. d that we table until such time that m n be obtained on this area. Also it we cannot rezone to light industrial not in our code book. Seconded bMr. passed by unanimous roll call vot,y e. o Co. and Art Zimmer: Vacation & Re 321 portion of adjacent to Lot 1, Addition, Holland Acres Subdivision - uy ru•. arwin. A Lezzer received rrom Mr. Fray allows Mr. Zimmer to vacate and replat this area. The State Sanitarian is asking that approved engineer sewer systems be installed on lots that needed septic systems. The Enviormental Conservation Committee has recommended that no more building permits be issued in the Island Lake area. Mr. Burnham closed the regular and opened the public hearing no comments being voiced, Mr. Burnham closed the public hearing and reconvened the regular meeting. Motion passed by unanimous roll call v riv. Terry. Mr. burnnam closed the regular meeting opened the public hearing. Mr. Benton stated that the back lot is zoned unclassified and must be rezoned to business if it is to comply with the Montmartre Inn. Mr. Burnham closed the public hearing and reconvened the regular meeting. Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote. Mrs. Gellis so moved that we have a nuhlir haaninv in +u,^'...e 1 1`4r _ A. Kodiak Island Bakery/Kodiak Motors, Lots 1 & 2, Block 14 New Kodiak Su divis on - r. en on with an eng1`n__e_e_r__t_h_aT deals with the kind of buildings that is similar to the bakery. Mr. Benton does not know if it qualifies with the fire code, but he believes t4at there is no problems with the inside wall, just the out- side wall. He does suspect it will qualify. Mr. Erwin moved we approve. this final plat pending Mr. Benton's finding,! Mr. Benton will write a letter to dualified elude that they mr. Larnair stated that he went to Roy Ecklund with the problems of parking spaces and Mr. Ecklund stated that he had an area sufficient to 14 1/2 parking spaces. Mr. La[;air stated that he had an area of 7,200 sq.ft. He stated that he could have his employees park in front of the building. A question was brought up about the hazc.",d of people backing into traffic. It was noted that the customers could go around the building and come out facing traffic, but this would interfer with coming onto Kodiak Motors property. Mr. LaMair asked how much parking space does the Kodiak Inn cover, it was noted that the Kodiak Inn falls under a different circumstance. Mr. LaMair was asked to designate the areas as customer and employee parking only. Mr. Erwin amended'his.motion to in - designate the areas as emnlovee and customer narking nnly_ KIBS272765 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 PAGE 4 /o r B. Nachtweih - Subdivision of Portion of load - It was stated that some portion should be des recreational for people to be able to have access to the beach area. olat of Mrs. Na IX P&Z ITEMS A. Mr. Erwin stated we the Borough Assembly and that they should Mr. Erwin moved that we ac as should make some recommendation to about the dog control ordinance take it into consideration. P&Z recommend that the Borough maze a new leash or herd law to include the Monashka recreation area. Also if there is a herd law, what protection does the owners have on shooting the animals. He also believes that Monashka should be outlawed for shooting guns. Mr. Erwin also stated that we recommend to the Borough to control hunting and shooting in the immediate area of the city. We should check with the State Troopers on the'law of shooting guns, what the restrictions are,etc. ZONING ORDINANCE Mrs. Holt asked that they look over the present ordinance and make the necessary changes and perhaps schedule another work session to complete our zoning ordinance Some problemg are clearing up the differences on Light Industrial and Service recreation areas which are not designated in our code but are in the Comprehensive Plan for Kodiak. A work session was scheduled after the special meeting of March 7, 1973 to finish up com- pleting the study of our zoning ordinance. X AUDIENCE COMMENTS XI ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m. SUBMITTED: 1-7 Norma L. Holt Acting Borough Clerk APPROVED: H -L--U,4� ohn Welch, Chariman KIBS272766