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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION 2006-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEWARD PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION, GRANTING POLAR EQUIPMENT, DBA. POLAR
SEAFOOD A VARIANCE FROM SCC ' 15.10.220 DEVELOPMENT
REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW THE EXISTING ICE HOUSE AND
GRINDERlPIT AND THE PROPOSED FREEZER UNIT, WITHIN THE
NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE SETBACKS OF LOT 2, BLOCK 9, FOURTH
OF JULY CREEK SUBDIVISION, SEWARD MARINE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER, WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL (I) ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Polar Equipment, dba. Polar Seafood of Commerce has applied to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for a variance from Seward City Code 15.10.220
Development Requirements, to allow an existing ice house and grinder/pit and a proposed
freezer unit within the North and South setbacks of Lot 2, Block 9, Fourth of July Creek
Subdivision, Seward Marine Industrial Center; and
WHEREAS, the property is located in the Industrial district, and
WHEREAS, the property is unusual due to having no adjacent lands on three sides and
having a dock with a contiguous surface which wraps around the North and the West sides; and
WHEREAS, granting this variance will allow Polar Seafoods processing operations to be
expanded and will provide more employment opportunities, and
WHEREAS, having complied with the public notification process, on April 4, 2006 the
Seward Planning and Zoning Commission held the required public hearing on the Zoning
Development Requirements Variance application.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning
Commission that:
Section 1. The Commission has reviewed the request by Polar Equipment, Inc. dba Polar
Seafoods for a variance to allow a freezer unit to be built in the North setbacks and to allow for
the pre-existing ice house and grinder/pit structures to remain in the South setbacks at Lot 2,
Block 9, Fourth of July Creek Subdivision, Seward Marine Industrial Center, located within the
Industrial Zoning District and made the following findings:
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Resolution 2006-11
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Finding: This condition has been met. This land is very unusual in that it was built from
sheet piling which was filled and it protrudes into the bay and does not have adjoining
land on three sides. In addition, the City's dock wraps around the North and West sides
and is a contiguous surface.
3. The special conditions and circumstances have not been caused by actions of the
applicant;
Finding: This condition has been met. The applicants are located on an unusual parcel
which protrudes into the Bay and does not have neighboring properties on three sides.
4. Financial hardship or inconvenience shall not be a reason for granting a variance;
Finding: This condition has been met. The setbacks do not serve their usual purposes for
this property, due to the lack of adjacent properties.
5. Other nonconforming land use or structures shall not be a reason for granting a
variance;
Finding: This condition has been met. Consideration of other nonconforming land uses
or structures has not been a factor in the review of this application.
6. A variance shall be the minimum variance necessary to permit the reasonable
use of the land or structure;
Finding: This condition has been met. The encroachment in the front yard
setback on the East side of the property shall not be allowed to remain there.
7. A variance shall not be granted which will permit a land use in a district in
which that use is otherwise prohibited.
Finding: This condition has been met. The structural additions are common and
necessary for fish processing operations.
Section 2. The Planning and Zoning Commission hereby grants a variance to
Polar Equipment, Inc., dba Polar Seafoods located at Lot 2, Block 9, Fourth of July Creek
Subdivision, Seward Marine Industrial Center in the Industrial (I) Zoning District, subject
to allow the freezer unit to be emplaced in the North setback to within less than a foot of
the lot line and to allow the ice house and grinder/pit to remain in the South setback
subject to the following conditions:
1. All the abandoned vehicles, RVs and the other trash and junk on the areas
leased from the City shall be removed.
2. All encroachments shall be removed from the utility easement and from
around the transformer.
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