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Introduction Date: March 11,2019
Public Hearing Date: March 26,2019
Enactment Date: March 26,2019
CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA
ORDINANCE 2019-007
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, AMENDING PORTIONS OF SEWARD CITY CODE §15.10.226
LAND USES ALLOWED TABLE, TO ALLOW ANIMAL SHELTERS IN
THE INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICT BY CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT
WHEREAS, City Council passed Resolution 2018-049 on May 29, 2018, directing City
administration to bring forward recommendations for a site on which to relocate the animal
shelter;and
WHEREAS,the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission passed Resolution 2018-015
on September 4, 2018 recommending that the Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter be
relocated to Lot 6A-2 Fort Raymond Subdivision Replat Number Three, located at 605 Sea Lion
Drive, in the Institutional Zoning District; and
WHEREAS, Lot 6A-2 is owned by the City of Seward and currently supports a number
of public uses, including a baseball field, the electric utility warehouse and substation, and two
municipal water wells; and
WHEREAS,Animal Shelters are currently an allowed use in the Industrial and Resource
Management Zoning Districts per Table 15.10.226 Land Uses Allowed; and
WHEREAS, the Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter is a public facility operated for
the well-being of the animal companions of the citizens of Seward and is operated by the City of
Seward; and
WHEREAS, the Institutional Zoning District is designed to allow public and private
educational, administrative, government and health care uses, including public land reserve for
future public development. The development standards are intended to set a high standard to
assure that the activities provide visual amenity to the surrounding area; and
WHEREAS, the public notification process was complied with and the appropriate
public hearing as required by Seward City Code § 15.01.040 was conducted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission on October 16,2018, and
WHEREAS, at their October 16, 2018 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission
held a public hearing and recommended City Council approval of the proposed Land Uses
Allowed Table amendments included in this ordinance.
CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA
ORDINANCE 2019-007
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA,HEREBY ORDAINS that:
Section 1. Seward City Code Section 15.10.226 Land Uses Allowed Table is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(Deletions are Bold Strikethreughs; Additions are Bold Underline.)
SCC Table 1.5.10.225. -Land Uses Allowed Table
(Deletions are Bold Strikethfoughs; Additions are Bold Underline)
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Principally
Commercial Public
Uses RR RI R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Animal Shelter 0) C C
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect ten(10)days following enactment.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
this 26th day of March, 2019.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
David Squires,MaYbr
AYES: Seese,Horn,Towsley,McClure, Lane, Osenga, Squires
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE 2019-007
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION 2018-016
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA,RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL
AMEND PORTIONS OF SEWARD CITY CODE §15.10.226 LAND USES
ALLOWED TABLE, TO ALLOW ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE
INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICT BY CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT
WHEREAS, the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission passed Resolution 2018-015
on September 4, 2018 recommending that the Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter be
relocated to Lot 6A-2 Fort Raymond Subdivision Replat Number Three; and
WHEREAS,Lot 6A-2 Fort Raymond Subdivision Replat Number Three consisting of
approximately 10.7 acres, is located at 605 Sea Lion Drive, in the Institutional Zoning District;
and
WHEREAS, Lot 6A-2 is owned by the City of Seward and currently supports a
number of public uses including a baseball field, the electric utility warehouse and
substation,and two municipal water wells; and
WHEREAS,Animal Shelters are currently an allowed use in the Industrial and Resource
Management Zoning Districts per Table 15. 10.226 Land Uses Allowed; and
WHEREAS,the Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter is a public facility operated for
the well-being of the animal companions of the citizens of Seward and is operated by the City of
Seward; and
WHEREAS, The Institutional Zoning District is designed to allow public and private
educational, administrative, government and health care uses, including public land reserve for
future public development. The development standards are intended to set a high standard to
assure that the activities provide visual amenity to the surrounding area.
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Seward Planning and Zoning Commission
Resolution 2018-016
Page 2 of 2
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning
Commission that:
Section 1. The Commission recommends Ordinance 2018- attached and
incorporated herein by reference, be forwarded to City Council for approval,
amending portions of Seward City Code §15.10.226 Land Uses Allowed Table; to
allow Animal Shelter within the Institutional Zoning District by conditional use
permit
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission this 16th
day of October, 2018.
THE CITY OF SEWARD
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Cindy"cklund, Chair
AYES: Seese, Fleming, Charbonneau, Ecklund
NOES:
ABSENT: Ambrosiani, Hatfield, Swann
ABSTAIN:
VACANT:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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