The Assembly should stop fast-tracking AO 45 as if were an emergency solution to housing affordability. It is not.
Published: 16 minutes agoAnchorage Assembly members are proposing Anchorage Ordinance 2024-45 as a way to weaponize rezoning so they can bulldoze through the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Plan, ignore existing neighborhood and district plans, ignore Title 21 approval criteria, eliminate direct notification of property owners, eliminate neighborhood safety and design standards, and fast-track the timeline for rezonings – thereby squashing meaningful public participation and input.
This is the first time any Anchorage Assembly has tried to act as the “sponsor” of a rezoning proposal – with the HOME Initiative . My single largest investment is in my home, and the Assembly’s zoning decisions – especially when they minimize public participation and eliminate direct notification – have a large financial and legal effect on my property. I have an obligation to protect my property and my neighborhood, protections that are found in the existing Comprehensive Plan and the 2040 Land Use Plan that Assembly members are trying to shred.
In addition to bypassing the Planning and Zoning Commission, AO 45 would reduce review by the city planning staff to nothing, or next to nothing. There is a shared responsibility to develop the Comprehensive Plan through the efforts of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the planning staff with public involvement. While the Assembly has final authority, it does not have “sole authority” as inserted in the first “whereas” of AO 45.
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