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#16-11 - Amending the Zoning Map to Effect a Change to Lots 1, 2 & 3, Tract D, Port Valdez Subdivision from Single Family Residential (RA) to Commercial Residential (CR). Second Reading. Adoption.
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SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Von Bargen, CED Director
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Approve Ordinance # 16-11 amending the Zoning Map to effect a change to Lots 1, 2 and 3, Tract D, Port Valdez Subdivision from Single Family Residential (RA) to Commercial Residential (CR). Second Reading. Adoption.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of Valdez received a rezone request from Mr. Wegner on April 18th, 2016 for Lots 1, 2, & 3, Tract D, Port Valdez Subdivision. The lots are currently zoned as Single Family Residential. Mr. Wegner would like to rezone his lots to Commercial Residential for the purpose of using rental cabins. The properties surrounding Mr. Wegner's lots are zoned Single Family Residential and Multi Family Residential. Mr. Wegner already operates a Bed & Breakfast on the property. The intent of the current zoning is listed below.
Valdez Municipal Code, Section 17.14.010 Intent.
The R-A (Single Family Residential) district is intended to include lands for urban development and which are provided with a full range of public utilities, including sewers, water, electricity and street drains or are intended to be provided with such utilities in the near future. This district intended to primarily for Single Family dwellings, excluding mobile homes, at moderate densities. Structures and uses required to serve recreational, religious and other noncommercial need of residential areas are allowed as permitted or conditional uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve the residential character of the R-A district.
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