Assembly members Kevin Cross and Meg Zaletel have proposed a sweeping overhaul of zoning rules to address Anchorage's housing shortage. It's drawn pushback from critics who say the measure is “throwing a bomb” at land-use rules and neighborhood plans.
Those steps have only “nibbled at the edges” of the city’s housing problem, said Cross, a real estate broker and Assembly member for Eagle River-Chugiak.Facing housing crisis, Anchorage loosens rules to encourage more backyard cottages and above-garage studiosCross said it’s time, “for lack of a better term, a drastic approach” to force a conversation about the city’s restrictive land-use laws.
Surveyor Jonathan Lang works in his office on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in South Anchorage. Lang is a policy aide to Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel, who has co-sponsored, with Assembly member Kevin Cross, a change to Anchorage zoning rules that could allow for more dense residential development.
One hope is the new rules will more closely align with federal lending guidelines, making it easier to add multiple dwelling units on a single lot, Lang said.Cross said Planning and Zoning Commission review would not occur before the ordinance is passed., he said.Assembly Chair Chris Constant said the planning commission needs to weigh the potential impacts of the proposal.“This is such a dramatic change that I support a thoughtful review,” he said.
Klouda said very few homes and apartments are built in Anchorage, thanks in part to extremely high building costs that are boosted higher by the city’s zoning rules. Mike Edgington, co-chair of the Girdwood Board of Supervisors, the governing body in the town of 2,000, said the proposal is a good step toward a deeper conversation.
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