KODIAK BUSINESS PARK LT 4A NEAR ISL - Supplemental InformationLetter of Concern
Priority Level High as Work is in Progress
September 4, 2009
To: Bud Cassidy Cc: Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
Director Kodiak Island Zoning Commission
Kodiak Island Borough Zoning Kodiak City Council
This letter is to voice our collective concern regarding the contradictory nature of current Kodiak island
Borough Zoning Code and how it may be interpreted by staff or prospective developers. As owners of lots in the
Kodiak Business Park Subdivision with a shared vision, we feel it is imperative for the community and its
citizen's long term prosperity that proper planning and regulation be administered by local municipalities. We do
not intend in this letter to offend any business or personal interests of other valued members of our close-knit
community. In fact we applaud entrepreneurial efforts and infrastructure development in all industries. We also
must protect our interests and the interests of various community groups in the responsible development of Near
Island.
Our immediate concern is of the interpretation of Chapter 17.90 13- Business District Zoning. Section
17.90.010 clearly states the specific intentions of the chapter are to "prohibit the use of business district lands for
manufacturing and industrial purposes". Industry is defined in Section 17.25.100 as "means the manufacture,
storage; extraction, fabrication, processing, reduction, destruction, conversion, or Wholesaling of any article,
substance, or commodity, or any treatment which changes the form, character, or appearance of a resource
material or previously manufactured item. [Ord. 81-40-0 §1, 1981. Formerly §17.06.335]."
It has come to our attention that the owner of Lots 4, 5 and 6 of Kodiak Business Park Subdivision, or
some portions thereof, are currently being developed for industrial and/or manufacturing purposes. Further
definition of manufacturing and industrial uses can be established through a comparison of Industrial versus
Business District Zoning as permitted by Sections 17.105 and 17.90 respectively. Specifically permitted uses B,
G, N, Q, R, S, U, BB, and FF as stated under the Industrial District (see attached).
We also understand that a zoning compliance permit has not been issued. Therefore we would ask that
Zoning compliance permits for uses that do not fit the intent of Business District Zoning be denied.
William Anderson, Jr.
Koniag, Inc
Karl McLaughlin
Afognak Native Corporation
Andy Teuber
Kodi. Area Native Association
Paul Zi
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& Tia Leber
Plat 2002-14
KODIAK BUSINESS PARK
SUBDIVISION
NEAR ISLAND