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Current Planning Projects
Comprehensive Plan Implementation
Special Studies and Local Area Plans
Public Facility Site Selections and Plans
Comprehensive Plan Implementation
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Girdwood Area Plan Update
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The current Girdwood Area Plan (GAP) was adopted in 1995 and is intended to provide broad policy guidance for land use and development. Municipal code calls for comprehensive plan updates every 10 years and full rewrites every 20 years. The updated plan will continue to outline general strategies for land development, location of major public facilities, use of municipal lands, and conservation and protection of natural resources and environmental features.
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Midtown District Plan
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The planning process for the Midtown District Plan is underway. The Midtown District Plan is an important step-down plan that will bridge the gap between the vision and goals set forth in the Anchorage 2020: Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Plan and the implementation elements necessary to make that vision a reality. The Municipal Traffic Department is managing this project and has hired the consulting firm HDR Alaska to prepare the plan. A public hearing draft will be out sometime during the first part of 2008.
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Anchorage Downtown Comprehensive Plan
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The Assembly amended and adopted the new Anchorage Downtown Comprehensive Plan on December 11, 2007. The plan is intended to provide a strategic framework to guide future development in Anchorage's central business district (CBD). As part of the Downtown Plan process, the firm Robert Odland Consulting was retained to develop a revised Title 21 land use and development code for the CBD. A public review draft is expected to be released later in 2008. Go to the project page to download documents and to learn more about the project.
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| Turnagain Arm Area Plan |
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The Planning Department is initiating a rewrite of the 1987 Turnagain Arm Area Plan. This project will review and update community issues, identify community visions and goals, and produce new policies to manage and guide growth over the next 20 years. The planning area for this project includes the four communities of Rainbow, Indian, Bird Creek, and Portage. |
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Title 21 Land Use Code Rewrite
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As a major implementation element of the Comprehensive Plan, the Title 21 Land Use Code is in the process of being re-written for the first time in over 35 years. Five chapters were approved by the Assembly in 2007 (but have not yet taken effect). Seven more are currently going through Planning and Zoning Commission or Assembly public process. A draft economic impact analysis (EIA) on the rewrite has been released and is currently before the Planning and Zoning Commission for public hearing. The second hearing on the EIA is scheduled to a tentative date of August 4, 2008. |
| Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map Update |
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The Planning & Zoning Commission gave concept approval to the June 5, 2006 Issue-Response Draft Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map, as modified by Issue-Response memoranda dated June 5 and 28, 2006. The Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map is intended to be a guide for future city growth and development. Final approval of the draft Land Use Plan Map is anticipated to occur after final adoption of the Title 21 Rewrite. See the project website for more information.
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Special Studies and Local Area Plans
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The planning process for the Hillside District Plan (HDP) is underway. The Municipality has hired MWH, an engineering and planning firm in Anchorage, as the lead project consultant. For more information, see the project webpage.
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Public Facility Site Selections and Plans
None currently.
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