2000-14 Rezoning Lots Aleutian Homes SubdivisionKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. 2000 -14
Introduced by: Manager
Requested by: P &Z Commission
Drafted by: Community Development
Department
Introduced: 09/07/2000
Amended: 09/07/2000
Public Hearing: 09/21/2000
Adopted: 09/21/2000
AN ORDINANCE REZONING LOTS 47, 48, and 49, BLOCK 12, ALEUTIAN
HOMES SUBDIVISION FROM R2 - TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO B - BUSINESS
WHEREAS, the owners of Lots 47, 48, and 49, Block 12, Aleutian Homes Subdivision have
requested that these tracts be rezoned from R2 -Two Family Residential to B - Business; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing
on this rezone request at their August 16, 2000 regular meeting; and
WHEREAS, upon consideration of the request, the Commission has recommended that the
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approve the rezoning of Lots 47, 48, and 49, Block 12,
Aleutian Homes Subdivision.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
that:
Section 1: This ordinance is not of general application and shall not be codified.
Section 2: Lots 47, 48, and 49, Block 12, Aleutian Homes Subdivision are hereby rezoned
from R2 - Two Family Residential to B - Business.
Section 3: The findings of the Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission are
hereby confirmed as follows:
17.72.020 A. Findings as to the Need and Justification for a Change or Amendment.
A rezone from R2 — Two Family Residential to B - Business is needed and justified because
Business zoning:
A. will provide development options that are consistent with the development trends
along this section of Mill Bay Road;
B. will provide a wider range of development options that may encourage development
of these lots, which have been vacant for over thirty -five years;
C. will provide new business development opportunities in the urban core area,
maximizing the existing infrastructure to support the development; and
D. should reduce off -site development and traffic impacts when the Tots are
consolidated to accommodate small -scale business development.
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17.72.020 B. Findings as to the Effect a Change or Amendment would have on the Objectives
of the Comprehensive Plan.
This rezone request is not inherently consistent with the 1968 comprehensive plan. While this
plan has been useful in directing land use development decisions in the Kodiak urban area since
it's adoption, development trends in some areas of Kodiak have out paced the designated
development. This has occurred along Mill Bay Road in particular. Mill Bay Road is a mixed
use landscape along its entire length. Most recent development along this strip has been
business development especially with the growth of residential subdivisions outside the City
of Kodiak.
These Tots have been vacant for over thirty -five years. The topography of the lots poses a
significant hurdle to any type of development. However, consolidation of the lots (as has been
proposed for Lots 47, 48, and 49) can provide a good site for small business development that
is consistent with the scale of the mixed residential /business development in the area.
While this rezone, as noted, is not consistent with the comprehensive plan land use
designation for subject properties it is consistent with the following plan goal:
ATTEST:
"Establishment of a unique and distinctive development pattern for Kodiak
- one that reflects the personality of the community."
The comprehensive plan also makes the following observations, with which this rezone is
consistent.
"In addition to the downtown business district, commercial land is scattered
more or less at random through much of the remainder of the developed area
with somewhat of a concentration along Mill Bay Road in the vicinity of the
municipal airstrip The increase in the area of the central business district
from 25 acres at present to 50 acres in the year 2000 primarily involves
elimination of non - business land use from the existing commercial area, as well
as a slight expansion of the commercial area toward the north and east."
Section 4: This rezone shall become effective upon adoption, and the official zoning
map shall be updated to reflect this rezoning.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS TWENTY -FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2000
ti
f dith A. Nielsen, CMC Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Ga -r-y StevSns, Borough Mayor
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