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File #: 26-0061    Version: 1
Type: New Business Status: Failed
File created: 2/4/2026 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 2/11/2026 Final action:
Title: Approval of Conditional Use Permit 25-03 - A Request from Pulseline Adventures, LLC for a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Helipad on a Portion of the Southwest 1/4, Northwest 1/4, Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 4 West, Copper River Meridian, and Adopt Findings
Attachments: 1. 25-03 - Pulseline - Application - Redacted, 2. 25-03 - Pulseline - Narrative - Updated_Redacted, 3. 25-03 - Pulseline - DNR Permit LAS 34927_Redacted, 4. CUP 25-03 - Pulseline - Proposed Findings and Conditions, 5. 25-03 - Pulseline - Aerial Map, 6. 25-03 - Pulseline - Zoning Map, 7. 25-03 - Pulseline - Place Type Map, 8. 25-03 - Pulseline - Ownership Map

ITEM TITLE: 

Approval of Conditional Use Permit 25-03 - A Request from Pulseline Adventures, LLC for a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Helipad on a Portion of the Southwest ¼, Northwest ¼, Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 4 West, Copper River Meridian, and Adopt Findings

SUBMITTED BY: Bruce Wall, Senior Planner

 

FISCAL NOTES: 

Expenditure Required: N/A                     

Unencumbered Balance: N/A                     

Funding Source: N/A                     

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Approve the request from Pulseline Adventures, LLC for a helipad on a portion of the Southwest ¼, Northwest ¼, Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 4 West, Copper River Meridian; and adopt findings

SUMMARY STATEMENT:

Applicant:                                           Pulseline Adventures, LLC

Property Owner:                     State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources

Street Address:                      Near MP 11.5 Richardson Highway

Legal Description:                     A portion of the Southwest ¼, Northwest ¼, Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 4 West, Copper River Meridian

Zoning District:                      Public Lands (P)

Existing Land Use:                     Vacant Land

Access:                                           Gravel pit access road via Richardson Highway

 

VMC 17.12.090(C) states, “The Planning and Zoning Commission shall evaluate whether the conditional use permit application complies with the criteria established in this section in determining to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request.”

 

Please see the attached staff report for details on the code requirements, staff’s evaluation of the application, and the proposed conditions.