HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD2023-019 Title 15 Changes Sponsored by: Planning and Zoning
Introduction: June 26,2023
Public Hearing: July 10,2023
Enactment: July 10, 2023
CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA
ORDINANCE 2023-019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SEWARD CITY COUNCIL, AMENDING
SEWARD CITY CODE; 15.10.140(B) DEFINITIONS, UPDATING BUNKHOUSE
AND LOT WIDTH, AND ADDING LONG-TERM RENTAL, FLAG LOT, AND
LOT FRONTAGE; 15.10.222 DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS TABLE,
UPDATING THE MINIMUM BUILDABLE LOT SIZE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND ADDING TABLE
NOTES FOR CUL-DE-SAC AND FLAG LOT REQUIREMENTS; AND 15.10.226
LAND USES ALLOWED TABLE, CHANGING THE OUTRIGHT USE OF
DORMITORIES IN THE OFFICE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND
INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT TO REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS,
AND ADDING LONG-TERM RENTAL
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2023 the City Council approved the Planning and Zoning
Commission's priorities which included,"Make recommended updates to Title 15"; and
WHEREAS, according to Seward City Code 15.01.035, the Planning and Zoning
Commission by its own motion may recommend amendments to Title 15 to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, recent development within Seward has highlighted areas of Title 15 that
require additional clarification and/or regulations; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the community to periodically review and update
the City zoning code to reflect community changes and needs; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission held work session on November 14
and December 20,2022 and April 18,2023 to discuss these proposed changes to Title 15; and
WHEREAS,on May 9,2023 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved Resolution
2023-013 recommending City Council approve the included amendments to Title 15.
NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF SEWARD ORDAINS that:
Section 1.Seward City Code Title 15.10.140(b)is hereby amended to read as follows(new
language is in bolded italics and underlined, and deleted language is stricken):
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15.10.140 Definitions.
(a) General interpretation.
(1) Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(2) The singular number includes the plural.
(3) The word "person" includes a corporation as well as an individual.
(4) The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or"parcel."
(5) The term "shall" is always mandatory.
(6) The word "used" or"occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to
include the words "intended," "arranged," or"designed to be used or occupied."
(b) Specific definitions. (Parenthetical references are for cross-reference only.) In this chapter,
unless otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires:
(1) Accessory building. A detached structure that:
a. Is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a principal building
or use;
b. Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or use;
c. Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or use served;
d. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants,business or
industry in the principal building or use served; and
e. Is located on the same or adjacent lot under the same ownership as the principal
building or use served.
An accessory building shall be considered to be a part of the main building when
joined by a common wall or connected by a breezeway to the main building. Accessory
building means any structure regardless of type of foundation or base support,
including skid-mounted or other moveable structures.
(Accessory or mother-in-law apartment. See Dwelling, Efficiency apartment)
(2) Agriculture. Commercial farming,dairying,pasturage,horticulture, floriculture,
viticulture, or animal and poultry husbandry including buildings used to shelter farm
implements,hay,grain,poultry, livestock or other farm produce in which there is no
human habitation and which is not used by the public.
(3) Airport. A place where aircraft can land and take off,usually equipped with hangars,
facilities for refueling and repair,various accommodations for passengers, and
business lease sites.
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(4) Alley. A dedicated public way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting
property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
(5) Alteration. Any change, addition or modification in the construction, location or use of
a building.
(6) Amusement and recreation facility. Establishment engaged primarily in providing
entertainment for a fee including such activities as bowling alleys,billiards and pool,
dance hall,pinball machines, video games or other similar player-operated amusement
devices.
(7) Antenna. A device used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves
between terrestrially and/or orbital based structures. Includes satellite dish.
(Apartment. See Dwelling)
(8) Auto repair station. A place where a qualified automotive mechanic provides services
such as general motor vehicle and engine repair,reconditioning or rebuilding, and
collision service including body, frame and fender straightening and repair, painting
and undercoating of motor vehicles.
(9) Auto service station. A place used primarily for the retail dispensing of motor fuels
and/or installation of tires,batteries and other accessories and services which do not
customarily or usually require the services of a qualified automotive mechanic. Also
known as a gas station.
(Bed and breakfast. See Lodging)
(Boarding or rooming. See Lodging)
(10) Brewpub. An establishment that is primarily an eating place which includes the
brewing of beer as an accessory use.
(11) Building. Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals,
chattels or property of any kind.
(12) Building area. A total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the
principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of external steps.
(13) Building, existing. A building erected prior to the adoption of this Code or one for
which a legal building permit has been issued.
(14) Building height. The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest
point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average
height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum, which
must be between the building and the property line or in a dedicated public right-of-
way that is accessible to fire suppression personnel and rescue equipment, shall be
selected by either of the following,whichever yields the greater height of the building:
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a. The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five-foot
horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such a sidewalk or
ground surface is not more than ten feet above the lowest grade; or
b. An elevation ten feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground
surface described in subsection a., above is more than ten feet above the lowest grade.
The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of
the building.
(15) Building,principal or main. A building in which is conducted the principal or main use
of the lot on which the building is situated. Attached garages,porches and carports
shall be considered to be part of the principal building.
(Bunkhouse. See Housing)
(16) Business, general sales. A premises where the sale of goods or commodities to the
consumer takes place; i.e.,groceries; bakeries;hobby,knot or yarn shops,book, gift or
apparel shops; fishing equipment,hardware or vehicle sales;restaurants; vehicle
rentals or variety stores.
(17) Business,personal service. The conduct of business where personal assistance is
offered for compensation; i.e.,dressmaking,tailoring,barbers and beauty, etc.
(18) Campground. A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located,
established or maintained for occupancy by camping units as temporary living quarters
for recreational or vacation purposes.
a. Campground,municipal. Campgrounds owned or operated by the City and designated
as public campgrounds by resolution of the City Council.
b. Campground,private camper parks. A privately owned and operated campground on
any parcel, or adjacent parcels of land in the same ownership, which is used by two or
more camping units.
c. Campground, employee. An area operated by an established business with high
seasonal employment of transient workers as a housing alternative and not construed
to be a construction camp.
(19) Camper park. A privately owned and operated campground on any parcel,or adjacent
parcels of land in the same ownership,which is used by two or more camping units.
(20) Camping unit. A tent or recreational vehicle.
(21) Child care,licensed home. In accordance with Alaska Statutes, a private residence
where adult care,protection and supervision is provided for children other than the
occupant's. Also called day care,nursery school,preschool and kindergarten.
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(22) Church. A building, structure or group of buildings or structures primarily intended for
conducting organized religious services and associated accessory uses. The definition
of a church shall be dependent upon U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Kenai
Peninsula Borough Assessor's Office interpretation. A standard single-family residence
not remodeled for public meetings shall not be considered a church.
(23) Clinic. A building or portion thereof containing offices and facilities for providing out-
patient medical, dental or psychiatric services, and which may include a dispensary to
handle medication and other merchandise prescribed by physicians in connection with
their medical practice.
(24) Club,private. A building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation,
association or group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational,
recreational or cultural enrichment of its members,but not primarily for profit, and
whose members meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership and pay dues.
Includes lodges.
(25) Cluster subdivision. A development design technique that permits a reduction in lot
area provided there is no increase in the number of lots permitted under a conventional
subdivision or increase in overall density of development by concentrating buildings in
specific areas on a site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common
open space and preservation of environmentally sensitive areas.
(Commercial building apartment. See Dwelling)
(26) Commercial communications tower. A structure intended to support equipment used to
transmit and/or receive communication signals including monopoles, guyed and lattice
steel structures. This definition does not include a tower that supports only one or more
amateur radio antennas.
(27) Commercial use. An occupation, employment or enterprise that is carried on for profit
by the owner, lessee or licensee.
(Condominium. See Dwelling)
(Convalescent or nursing home. See Housing)
(28) Convenience store. A small-scale neighborhood grocery establishment offering for sale
prepackaged food products,household items and other goods commonly associated
with the same and having a gross floor area of less than 5,000 square feet.
(Dormitory. See Housing)
(29) Drinking establishment. Any premises wherein the principal purpose is the retail sale
of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and minors are excluded
therefrom by law. Includes bar, cocktail lounge,tavern and nightclub.
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(30) Drive-in facility. Any portion of a building or structure which by design permits
customers to receive services,obtain goods or be entertained while remaining in their
motor vehicles.
(31) Dwelling. A building designed or used exclusively as living quarters for one or more
families.
a. Apartment. Any portion of a building which is designed,built,rented, leased, let or
hired out to be occupied or which is occupied as the home or residence of an
individual for daily living and doing his own cooking independently of any other
individual or family in the same building.
b. Apartment,commercial building. An apartment located within a building designed to
accommodate a mix of residential and commercial uses.
c. Apartment, efficiency(also called accessory apartment). A single separate dwelling
unit consisting of not more than one habitable room which includes combined
kitchen, dining and sleeping areas with accompanying sanitary facilities, and which is
located within or shares a common wall with a single-family dwelling.
d. Apartment, owner or manager. An apartment within a building that is designed to be
used exclusively as the living quarters for the owner or manager family of that
building or a commercial business located in the building.
e. Apartment, studio. A small apartment less than 500 square feet with a fully functional
kitchen and bathroom.
f. Condominium. A form of housing ownership by which a person may purchase and
own one dwelling unit in a multiunit building or development. Each owner owns a
common interest in such things as the underlying land, common walls, stairwells,
elevators, lobbies, laundry rooms and recreation rooms.
g. Guest house. An accessory building occupied on a temporary basis solely by
nonpaying guests.
h. Mobile home. A factory-built home designed to be used as a year-round residential
dwelling and originally designed and mounted on wheels and/or axle supports for
transportation by another vehicle.
i. Modular home. A factory-built residential structure that is transportable in one or
more sections,is built on a permanent chassis, and is used as a place of human
habitation,but which is not constructed with a permanent hitch or other device
allowing transport of the unit other than for the purpose of delivery to a permanent
site,and which does not have wheels or axles permanently attached to its body or
frame. Includes factory-built and manufactured home.
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j. Multiple-family. A building designed as a residence for three or more families,with
the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units
provided and each living independently of the other under one roof.
k. Single-family, attached. A building containing two or more dwelling units, each of
which has primary ground floor access to the outside and which are attached to each
other by party walls without openings. Also commonly called townhouse,row house
and zero-lot line.
1. Single-family,detached. A building designed and/or used exclusively for occupancy
of one family and entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
m. Two-family or duplex. A building containing two single-family dwelling units totally
separated from each other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or
unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a
common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units.
n. Unit,dwelling unit. A building or separate portion thereof containing kitchen, living,
sleeping accommodations and at least one bathroom and designed to be occupied
exclusively as a residence by one family.
o. Watchman or caretaker dwelling. An accessory dwelling associated with a
commercial or industrial building or structure for the purpose of housing a watchman
or caretaker and immediate family.
(32) Family. Any number of individuals not necessarily related by blood,marriage,
adoption or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping
unit and distinguished from a group occupying a rooming house, club, fraternity house
or hotel.
(33) Farm animal. Any cow,horse,mule,goat, sheep,pig, chicken, or other similar animal
commonly kept as livestock.
(34) Flea market. An occasional or periodic sales activity held within a building or open
area where groups of individual sellers offer goods, new and used, for sale to the
public, not to include private garage sales.
(35) Floor area, useable. That area used for or intended to be used for the sale of
merchandise or services or as leasable office space as measured from the interior
surfaces of the walls enclosing that part of the building. Such floor area which is used
or intended to be used for the storage or processing of merchandise,hallway or for
utilities or sanitary facilities is excluded from this computation of useable floor area.
(36) Fractions. In the determination of density,required parking spaces or other
requirements of this Code, computations resulting in a fractional number of 0.50 or
above shall be considered the next larger whole number.
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(37) Garage,private. An accessory building or portion of a main building designed or used
solely for storage of motor vehicles,boats and similar vehicles owned by the occupants
of the building to which it is accessory.
(38) Greenhouse, commercial. A light-permeating structure used for cultivating and
growing plants in a controlled temperature and humidity environment where such
plants are offered for sale either on the premises or at another location.
( Group care home. See Housing)
( Guest house. See Dwelling)
(39) Guide service. Any premises used for collecting or returning persons from recreation
trips when remuneration is provided for the service.
(Halfway house. See Housing)
(40) Health club. Includes,but is not limited to,gymnasiums(except public),private clubs
(athletic,health or recreational),reducing salons and weight control establishments.
(41) Historic district. An area containing buildings or places in which historic events
occurred or having special public value because of notable architectural or other
features relating to the cultural or artistic heritage of the community of such
significance as to warrant conservation and preservation.
(42) Home occupation. Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling,or its
accessory building, and carried on by the occupants thereof,which is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the
character thereof, and in connection with which there is no exterior sign,no display or
stock in trade,no outside storage of materials or equipment,no commodity sold upon
the premises and not more than two persons are engaged in such occupation.
(43) Home professional office. A home occupation consisting of the office of a practitioner
of a recognized profession.
(Hostel. See Lodging)
(Hotel. See Lodging)
(44) Housing. Structures providing housing for groups of people, such as students,
employees or nursing home residents.
a. Bunkhouse. A building used as living quarters for employee housing peephe-sueh-as
where shower and sanitary facilities are
shared and in which there are no individual cooking facilities.
b. Convalescent or nursing home. A structure with sleeping rooms where persons are
housed or lodged and are furnished with meals, nursing and medical care.
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c. Dormitory. A building used as residential group living quarters for a student body or
religious order as an associated use to a school,orphanage or other similar
institutional use, and does not include kitchen facilities except a group kitchen facility
to serve all residents.
d. Group care home. A dwelling shared by no more than five disabled persons,plus
resident staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long-term,
family-like environment in which staff persons provide care, education and
participation in community activities for the residents with the primary goal of
enabling residents to live as independently as possible in order to reach their
maximum potential. The term "group care home" shall not include alcoholism or drug
treatment centers,work release facilities for convicts or ex-convicts or other housing
facilities serving as an alternative to incarceration.
e. Halfway house. A licensed home for inmates on release from more restrictive
custodial confinement,or initially placed in lieu of more restrictive custodial
confinement,wherein supervision,rehabilitation and counseling are provided to
mainstream residents back into society, enabling them to live independently. Such
placement is pursuant to the authority of the Alaska Department of Corrections.
(45) Junk. Dismantled or wrecked automobiles, aircraft, motor vehicles or machinery,
mobile homes,trailers,watercraft,used appliances or furniture, scrap building
materials,metals, rubber, paper,plastic or other scrap materials.
(46) Kennel. Any enclosure,building, shelter, area or establishment used for the purpose of
breeding,buying, selling, keeping or boarding five or more dogs over the age of four
months, whether for profit,pleasure,or as pets,by any person, individual, corporation,
group of people or business entity. Does not include an animal shelter.
(47) Livestock. Generally accepted large(over 250 pounds) and small (under 250 pounds)
outdoor farm animals(i.e., cows, goats,horses,pigs,barnyard fowl, etc.). Does not
include cats,dogs and other common household pets.
(48) Loading space. A space located on premises for pickup and delivery at the premises.
Required off-street loading space shall not be included as an off-street parking space.
(49) Lodging. The renting out of a dwelling,or portion thereof,to provide overnight
sleeping accommodations for a period of less than 30 consecutive days.
a. Bed and breakfast. An owner occupied and operated single-family residential
dwelling where lodging with a meal is provided for compensation on a short-term
basis. The term does not include boardinghouses and separate apartments which are
leased on a month-to-month or longer basis.
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b. Boarding or rooming. An owner occupied building which has not more than five
rooms available for rent or lease on other than a day-to-day basis and not open to
transient guests for residential occupancy and in which no cooking or dining facilities
are provided in the individual rooms. Meals may be regularly prepared and served for
compensation at a table, family-style, without service or ordering of individual
portions from a menu. The term includes lodging house or rooming house but does
not include separate apartments with individual kitchen and bath facilities.
c. Hostel. A building, or portion thereof, in which temporary or overnight lodging is
provided for hikers, cyclists or other travelers not generally traveling by car.
d. Hotel. A facility with six or more guest rooms and on-premises management offering
transient lodging accommodations to the general public on a daily rate where access
to all sleeping rooms is through a main entrance and which may provide food,
entertainment, meeting rooms, recreational facilities or various personal services.
Includes lodges and inns.
e. Motel. A building, or group of detached or connected buildings, having six or more
guest rooms, an on-premises manager and parking conveniently located on the
premises, which are designed primarily to offer sleeping accommodations, with or
without meals, to the motoring public on a daily rate. Includes designations such as
motor lodges, auto courts, tourist courts and similar terms.
f. Short-term rental. A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is offered or provided to a
guest for compensation for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. Short-term
rentals may be in individual rooms in single-family homes, units in apartments,
condominiums, townhouses, and multifamily dwellings.
(Lanz-term rental. See Rental, lone-term)
(50) Lot. A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements
for use, coverage and area and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are
herein required. Such lot shall have frontage or access on a public street or on an
approved private street and may consist of:
a. A single lot of record;
b. A portion of a lot of record;
c. A combination of complete lots of record, or complete lots of record and portions of
lots of record, or portions of lots of record; or
d. A parcel of land described by metes and bounds, provided that in no case of division
or combination shall any residual lot or parcel be created which does not meet the
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requirements of this chapter and that, in the case of multiple lots or portions thereof,
the property be replatted to eliminate interior lot lines.
1. Lot area. The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot, exclusive of streets
and alleys.
2. Lot,buildable or useable area. That portion of a lot that a prudent person would
use to construct a building and provide required parking. This excludes lakes and
rivers, creeks, cliffs,marshes and other similar natural obstacles to development
with the property counting toward minimum required size.
3. Lot, corner. A lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an
angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
4. Lot coverage. The area of a site covered by building or roofed areas, including
covered porches,decks and accessory buildings,but excluding allowed projecting
eaves.
5. Lot depth. The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured
on the longitudinal centerline.
6. Lot,flaz.A lot or parcel located to the rear of another lot or parcel, the main
body of which does not front on a street and is accessed by a narrow corridor.
7. Lot frontaze. The portion of a lot abuttinj'a street. Measured along the
horizontal distance between the points of intersection of the side lot lines with
the front lot line.
6.8 Lot, interior. A lot other than a corner lot.
7.9 Lot line, front. In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the
street. In the case of a corner lot,the owner may choose which street he shall
designate as the front of the lot. Once the choice of frontage has been made,it
cannot be changed unless all requirements for yard space are met.
8.10 Lot line,rear. A line opposite and most distant from the front lot line and,
in the case of irregular or triangular shaped lots, a line not less than ten feet in
length within the lot,parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot
line.
9-11 Lot line, side. Lot boundary not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
4-0.12 Lot line, zero. The mean horizontal line whereby two adjacent buildings
from adjacent lots can be constructed with a common party wall providing a
proper fire wall rating. All other aspects are the same as in conventional
development.
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44.13 Lot width. The average horizontal distance separating side lot lines of a lot
and at right angles to its depth. The lot width for lots surrounding a cul-de-sac
bulb and flag lots will be measured on the mean horizontal distance between
side lot lines.
(51) Lumberyard. An establishment that sells sawn timber and other building materials
typically stored on the premises.
(52) Manufacturing,heavy. A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of
materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials; or a use engaged
in storage of or manufacturing processes using flammable or explosive materials;or
storage or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous or commonly
recognized offensive conditions.
(53) Manufacturing, light. A use engaged in the manufacture,predominantly from
previously prepared material, of finished products or parts that,because of the nature
of its equipment, operations,processes,materials, and products, has little or no
potential of creating noise, vibration,dust, smoke, fumes, odor, glare, or other
environmental impacts on surrounding properties or uses.
(54) Marijuana. Marijuana means "marijuana" as that term is defined in Alaska Statute
17.38.900 and any amendments thereto.
(55) Marijuana establishment. Marijuana establishment means a marijuana cultivation
facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility,or a
retail marijuana store as those terms are defined in AS 17.38.900 and any amendments
thereto.
a. Marijuana cultivation facility. Marijuana cultivation facility means an entity
registered to cultivate,prepare, and package marijuana and to sell marijuana to retail
marijuana stores,to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other
marijuana cultivation facilities,but not to consumers.
1. Limited marijuana cultivation facility_;A limited marijuana cultivation facility has
the privileges set forth at 3 AAC 305.405(a) and(b), and is subject to the
prohibitions at 3 AAC 306.405(c), except that it must have fewer than 500 square
feet under cultivation.
b. Marijuana product manufacturing facility. Marijuana product manufacturing facility
means an entity registered to purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare, and package
marijuana products; and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana
product manufacturing facilities and to retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers.
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c. Marijuana testing facility. Marijuana testing facility means an entity registered to
analyze and certify the safety and potency of marijuana.
d. Retail marijuana store. Retail marijuana store means an entity registered to purchase
marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities,to purchase marijuana and marijuana
products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to sell marijuana and
marijuana products to consumers.
(56) Marijuana products. Marijuana products means concentrated marijuana products and
marijuana products that are comprised of marijuana and other ingredients and are
intended for use or consumption, such as,but not limited to,edible products,
ointments, and tinctures.
(57) Marina. A facility for storing, servicing, fueling,berthing and securing and launching
of boats that may include the sale of fuel and incidental supplies for the boat owners
and guests. Also includes harbor.
(Mobile home. See Dwelling)
(58) Mobile home park. A parcel or adjacent parcels of land in the same ownership upon
which two or more mobile homes are located or for which space is leased or held out
for lease or use on a month-to-month or longer basis. This does not include sale lots on
which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for inspection and sales and shall not be
construed to mean tourist facilities for parking of travel trailers,motor homes or
campers.
(59) Mobile medical unit. A trailer, motorized coach or van capable of being transported
from place to place, containing medical equipment such as a CT scanner, MRI or
similarly complex medical diagnostic device or decontamination equipment.
(Modular home. See Dwelling)
(Motel. See Lodging)
( Multiple-family. See Dwelling)
(60) Nonconforming building. Any building or portion thereof lawfully existing at the
effective date of the ordinance affecting it and which does not conform to all of the
use,height and density regulations of the zone in which it is located.
(61) Nonconforming use. A use which lawfully occupied a building or land at the effective
date of the ordinance affecting it that does not conform to the use provisions of the
zoning district in which it is located.
(62) Noxious use. A use which is injurious or harmful to health, highly disagreeable or
offensive.
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(63) Office. A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving
predominantly administrative,professional or clerical operations; i.e.,travel,insurance,
employment,utility,public service or government agencies.
(64) Open area. Open area is any portion of the lot not:
a. Covered by a structure,or;
b. Used for parking spaces and maneuvering.
(65) Owner. Any individual, firm,association, syndicate,partnership, corporation,trust or
any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land, including the
attorney or agent thereof.
(66) Owner-occupied. The use of a dwelling unit as the primary residence and permanent
place of abode for the individual who holds the title of a property.
(67) Park. Any public land available for recreational, educational,cultural or aesthetic use.
(68) Parking area. A structure or an open area,other than a street,alley or other right-of-
way, on which vehicle parking spaces are defined, designated or otherwise identified
and available, whether free or for compensation, for use by the public, clients,tenants,
customers, employees or owners of the property for which the parking area is required
by ordinance.
(69) Parking requirements as stated in terms of employees. The maximum number of
employees who will be at the site at one time on either a single shift or an overlap of
shifts.
(70) Parking space,off-street. A designated area sufficient in size to accommodate one
motor vehicle, exclusive of maneuvering room,designed with adequate independent
access to,but located off, any street, alley or other right-of-way.
(71) Parking, valet. Attendant parking provided as a service to patrons of commercial
establishments.
(72) Peddler. A person who, with no fixed place of business, goes from house to house,
place to place,or from store to store transporting goods, wares or merchandise for sale
or offering or exposing the same for sale or making sales and delivering articles to
purchasers. (See Transient merchant and Vending, Street.)
(73) Planned unit development. A land development under unified control that is planned
and constructed in its entirety as a single development operation or in a series of
programmed stages. The development may include streets, circulation ways, utilities,
residences, commercial buildings,open spaces and other site features and
improvements some of which may not otherwise be individually permitted.
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(74) Profession. An occupation or calling requiring the practice of a learned art through
specialized knowledge,training, experience or a degree issued by an institute of higher
learning; i.e., doctor of medicine, lawyer, engineer or real estate broker.
(75) Professional office. The office of a member of a recognized profession maintained for
the conduct of that profession.
(76) Recreational, indoor commercial. A facility accommodating such indoor recreation
activities as skating rinks,bowling lanes or shooting/archery ranges.
(77) Recreational,outdoor public. Outdoor recreation facilities such as sports fields, ice
rinks,playing fields or miniature golf.
(78) Recreational vehicle. A vehicle used or intended to be used as transient living or
sleeping quarters for humans and which may be driven, towed or propelled from one
location to another without change in structure or design, whether or not the same is
supported by wheels or identified by a model, serial or vehicle registration number.
Includes travel trailers, camping trailers,tent campers, trailer coaches,motor homes,
truck campers and similar vehicles.
(79) Recreational vehicle(RV)park. Any parcel of land upon which two or more
recreational vehicle sites are located, established or maintained for commercial
occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as temporary living quarters
for recreation or vacation purposes. Includes trailer park and camper park.
(80) Recycling center. A building in which used material is separated and processed prior to
shipment to others who will use those materials to manufacture new products.
(81) Recycling collection point. An incidental use serving as a neighborhood drop-off point
for temporary storage of recoverable resources. No processing of such items would be
allowed. This facility would generally be located in a shopping center parking lot or in
other public/quasi-public areas such as churches and schools, as opposed to being
allowed on residential or vacant lots.
(82) Rental, long-term.A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is rented, loaned, leased,
or hired out for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.
(Rental,short-term. See Lodging)
(823 Repair service, household/appliance. A business establishment where repairs are
made to appliances and furniture.
(83) Residence. A home, abode or place where an individual is actually living at a
specific point in time.
(-84)M Resource extraction. Commercial or industrial operations involving the removal
of nonrenewable natural resources such as ore,topsoil, sand,gravel,rock, gas, oil or
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any operations having similar characteristics. Said use includes the use of heavy
equipment such as loaders,dozers,backhoes and crushers.
(-8-5-)M Restaurant. An establishment whose principal business is the sale of food and/or
beverages to customers in a ready-to-consume state and whose principal method of
operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:
a. Customers, normally provided with an individual menu, are served their foods and
beverages by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter at which the food and
beverages are consumed; and/or
b. A cafeteria-type operation where food and beverages generally are consumed within
the restaurant building.
(84-)( Restaurant, fast-food. An establishment whose principal business is the sale of
quickly prepared,ready-to-eat food and/or beverages for consumption within the
restaurant building, within a motor vehicle parked on the premises,or off the premises
as carry-out orders, and whose principal method of operation includes the following
characteristics: orders are generally taken at a main counter or drive-up window and
food and/or beverages are usually served in disposable wrapping or containers. This
includes drive-in and carry-out restaurants.
(87)& Right-of-way. An area or strip of public land which incorporates or is intended to
be occupied by,but not limited to, streets, alleys, sidewalks,bike paths, curbs, gutters,
landscaping and/or public utilities.
(88)01 Salvage yard(auto wrecking, scrap,junk). Any area used for the storage, keeping
or abandonment of junk or waste material, including scrap metal or other scrap
materials, or for the dismantling,demolition or abandonment of automobiles,
machinery,other vehicles or parts thereof.
(89)fM School. Any public,religious or nonprofit facility providing a general curriculum
of academic or vocational instruction serving any or all grades between kindergarten
and twelfth grade.
(90),{9_11 School,commercial. A facility providing commercial instruction in such activities
as music, dance, arts, crafts and sailing.
(91)MI School, adult vocational. A facility providing a general curriculum of adult
academic or vocational instruction.
(92)M Setback. The required minimum distance from a right-of-way or lot line that
establishes the area within which only fencing, landscaping,driveways,parking and
similar uses are permitted. Any structure including,but not limited to, decks, stairways,
porches or other attachments to a building are specifically prohibited in the setback.
Building eaves are permitted to extend into the setback a maximum of two feet.
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(93)041 Shopping center. A single complex which provides a combination of retail
establishments designed in such a manner as to provide convenience for shoppers with
common parking facilities. Includes mall.
( Single-family, attached. See Dwelling)
( Single-family, detached. See Dwelling)
(94)( Solid waste facility. A disposal site employing an engineering method for
disposing of solid wastes in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards. Includes
landfill, compactor,transfer, etc.
(95)Lgi Storage. A structure or designated area that provides space for storing.
a. Container. An accessory storage use consisting of containers such as semi-tractor
vans, shipping containers and conex containers originally designed to transport goods
and materials via highway,rail, air or sea, which are placed on a parcel of land and
used for covered storage provided that all wheel assemblies have been removed, and
the unit is located outside any setbacks. Containers, whether temporary or permanent,
are considered a structure and must comply with current adopted building codes.
Railroad box cars are excluded except in the industrial zone. (See Accessory
Use/Building, Building,and Structure)
b. Outdoor. The commercial keeping, in an unroofed area and usually enclosed by a
fence, of any goods,junk,material,merchandise or vehicles in the same place for an
extended period of time. In the harbor commercial area,the use is limited to the
storage of boats only.
c. Self-service. A building or group of buildings consisting of individual, small, self-
contained units that are leased or owned for storage of business and household goods
or contractors' supplies. Includes mini warehouses.
d. Warehouse and distribution. A building used primarily for the storage and/or
distribution of goods,products, materials, supplies and equipment,but excluding bulk
storage of materials that are flammable or explosive or that create hazardous or
commonly recognized offensive conditions.
(96)LEA Street. A dedicated public way which affords the principal means of access to
abutting property, such as an avenue,place,drive, boulevard,highway or other similar
public thoroughfare, except an alley as defined herein.
(97)l� Structure. Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to something
having location on the ground, including,but not limited to,buildings,towers, and
sheds. Fences, retaining walls less than three feet in height, signs and similar
improvements of a minor character are excluded.
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(98)£ Surface, durable. Means brick, flag-type stone, gravel, cement,or asphalt.
(99)(100) Temporary structure. A structure without any foundation or footings as
allowed by the adopted building code which must be completely removed from the
parcel when the temporary permit for the structure/use expires.
(400)(101) Trailer. A structure standing on wheels,towed or hauled by another
vehicle and used for carrying materials, goods or objects or as a temporary office or
business.
(101)(102) Transient merchant. Any person,partnership, firm or corporation,whether
a resident of the City or not, who engages in a temporary business,within a period not
exceeding 150 consecutive days in a calendar year, of selling and delivering goods
and/or services,wares and merchandise for profit or nonprofit within the City by
operating on a door-to-door, street corner or similar basis; or from no fixed location or
office; or from a location out-of-doors or in quarters that are easily moveable, such as a
temporary leased area or space,motor vehicle,trailer or tent. Includes peddlers,
solicitors, itinerant merchants and vendors. Does not include vehicles for hire.
(Two-family or duplex. See Dwelling)
(Unit,dwelling unit. See Dwelling)
(102)(103) Utility,,public facility. An installation owned by an agency under public
franchise or ownership,or under certificate of convenience and necessity,providing
the public with electriCity, gas,heat, steam, communication,water, sewage collection
or other similar service.
(403)(104) Vehicle,motor. A self-propelled device used for transportation of people
or goods over land surfaces and licensed as a motor vehicle.
(101)(105) Vending. The sale of food, services or merchandise.
a. Hawking. Is the loud or continuous audible solicitation of business by a vendor to the
general public.
b. Mobile vending cart. Is a non-motorized structure or unit on wheels that is easily
moved and used for vending.
c. Mobile vendor. A person or business that sells food or permitted types of goods from
City-approved locations using(i)a licensed vehicle or cart capable of movement; or
(ii)a licensed trailer pulled behind a motor vehicle.
d. Pre-packaged food. Ready-to-eat food that is cooked, wrapped,packaged, processed,
or portioned for service, sale or distribution.
e. Roving vendor. A person who offers only pre-packaged food items to the public, with
or without the use of a licensed motor vehicle, from no fixed location on public
property,only on rights of way within designated zoning districts, excluding Fourth
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Avenue between Port Avenue and Van Buren Street, and also excluding Fourth and
Fifth Avenues between Jefferson Street and Railway Avenue.
f. Transient merchant. Any person,partnership, firm or corporation,whether a resident
of the City or not,who engages in a temporary business, within a period not
exceeding 150 consecutive days in a calendar year, of selling and delivering goods
and/or services,wares and merchandise for profit or nonprofit within the City by
operating from a location out-of-doors or in quarters that are easily moveable, such as
a temporary leased area or space,or motor vehicle, trailer or tent. Includes peddlers,
solicitors, itinerant merchants and vendors. Does not include vehicles for hire.
Transient merchants operate exclusively from private property. (Note: Transient
merchant definition relocated. Previously 15.10.140. B. 95.)
(SAS)(106) Veterinary hospital. A facility,which may include animal runs, in which
veterinary services are rendered to animals and domestic pets and which may include
clipping,bathing,boarding and other services. Includes veterinary clinic.
(Watchman or caretaker dwelling. See Dwelling)
(106)(107) Water-dependent. A use or activity which can be carried out only on, in or
adjacent to water areas because the use requires access to the water body for water-
borne transportation,recreation, energy,production or source of water.
(107)(108) Water-related. Uses which are not directly dependent upon access to a
water body but which provide goods or services that are directly associated with water-
dependent land or waterway use and which, if not located adjacent to water, would
result in a public loss of the quality of goods or services offered.
(108) (109) Yard. A required open space on the same lot with a main building,
unoccupied or unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in
this chapter.
a. Front. The area extending across the full width of a lot,measured between the front
lot line and the nearest exterior wall of the building, front of a bay window or the
front of a covered porch or other similar projection,whichever is the nearest to the
front lot line.
b. Rear. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the most rear
extension of the main building and the rear lot line. The depth of the required rear
yard shall be measured horizontally from the point of the rear lot line nearest to the
main building. In cases of double frontages and corner lots,there are no rear yards,
only front and side yards.
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c. Side. A yard between a main building and side lot line, extending from the front yard
to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally
from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.
(109) (110) Zero-lot line. The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one
or more of the building's sides rests directly on a lot line.
Section 2. Seward City Code Title 15.10.222 Table is hereby amended to read as follows
(new language is in bolded italics and underlined, and deleted language is stricken):
Table 15.10.222 Development Requirements
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Maximum Building Height 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 Varies 34 34 34 34 34
(ft.)(See Note 1,next 26 or
page) 34*
Minimum Buildable Lot 20,000 Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies None Varies 10,000 20,000 None None
Size(sq.ft.)(See Notes 2 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 6,000 3,000
and 7,next page) to to to to to to to
9,000* 9,000* 9,000' 9,000* 9,000*
6,000* 6,000*
990 9A0=
Minimum Lot Width(ft.) 100 Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies 60 or 30 Varies 100 100 None None
(See Notes 3 and 7,next 30 to 30 to 30 to 30 to 30 to 90* 30 to
page) 60* 60* 90* 90' 90' 90'
Minimum Front Yard 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 None None 20 20 20 20
Setback(ft.)(See Note 7,
next page)except Leirer
and Tract C-1 below
Minimum Front Yard 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 None None 10 20 20 20
Setback(ft.)for Leirer
Industrial Subdivision and
Alaska Skill Center Tract C-
1 only.(See Note 7,next
page)
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Minimum Side Yard 10 5 or 5 5 or 5 10 5 5 5 5 None 10 10 10 20
Setback(ft.)(See Notes 4 min. min.
and 7,next page) with 15 with 15
total* total*
Minimum Side Yard 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 None None 20 10 10 20
Setback Adjacent to Street
(ft.)(See Note 7,next
page)
Minimum Rear Yard 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 None, None 10 10 15 20
Setback(ft.)(See Notes 5 5 and
and 7,next page) 10*
Maximum Accessory 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 34 34 20 34 20
Building Height(ft.)
Table 15.10.222. Development Requirements—Table Notes
NOTE 1. Within the HC District, in the area bounded by Fourth Avenue, the southern boundary
of the South Harbor Uplands - Tract H, Waterfront Park Replat, the harbor basin and J Float
Ramp, building height is limited to 26 feet.
NOTE 2.
A. Buildable/useable area—Lot may have to be larger to have minimum buildable area
available.
B. In the R1, R2, R3, UR, OR , AC and CB Districts, from the Seward Highway/Phoenix
Road intersection South, to include the Bayview Subdivision, a minimum of 3,000 SF
lots and 30 foot minimum frontages and north of the Seward Hiihwav/Phoenix Road
intersection, a minimum of 6,000 SF lots and 60 foot minimum frontages with 30 and
o
C. Lots located on a cul-de-sac bulb shall have a minimum of 8,000 square feet and a
40-foot minimum lot frontage.
D. Flag lots shall have a minimum of 15,000 square feet and a 30-foot minimum lot
frontage on the staff portion of the lot.
E.E A single RR lot may be divided into two lots of less than 20,000 SF each if the
reduction below 20,000 SF is to accommodate required widening of an adjacent right-
of-way.
D.F In the R1, R2, R3, UR, OR , AC and CB Districts, individual lots of at least 3,000 SF
in the Original Townsite, Federal Addition, Laubner Addition, Cliff Addition and
Bayview Addition may be developed for single-family residences provided all other
development requirements of this chapter are met.
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E.G Multiple-Family developments(except studio apartments)with three or more units
require a minimum of 9,000 SF in the R3, UR, OR, AC and CB Districts and 20,000
SF in the RM District. All said districts require an additional 1,200 SF per unit of five
or more units.
E.H Two-Family or duplex developments require a minimum of 6,000 SF in the R2,R3,
UR, OR,AC and CB Districts and 20,000 SF in the RM District. Duplex developments
within the Federal Addition Subdivision require 5,000 SF. All other development
requirements of this chapter shall be met.
G.i Multiple-Family, studio apartments in the OR, AC, CB, HC, I and RM districts require
a minimum of 9,000 SF. The total square footage required for lot setbacks shall be
reserved as open area. All other requirements set forth in this chapter shall be met.
NOTE 3. See Notes 2-D F and 2-E G above.
NOTE 4. From Seward Highway/Phoenix Road intersection—South, a five-foot setback, each
side;north, a minimum five-foot setback each side as part of a combined 15-foot setback total
between both sides.
NOTE 5. In the HC District,parcels abutting mean high tide—No rear yard setback;parcels
abutting the waterfront boardwalk—Five feet; and parcels not abutting the waterfront boardwalk
or mean high water mark—Ten feet.
NOTE 6. Excludes setbacks in HC and I.
NOTE 7. In the Industrial District, no minimum lot size, width or setbacks are required for
unmanned electronic sites.
NOTE 8. Tract D of USS 1864 Jesse Lee Home Subdivision shall not be used for any uses other
than those allowed in an R1 district, except for a long term care facility, aka skilled nursing care
facility.
Section 3. Seward City Code Title 15.10.226 is hereby amended to read as follows (new
language is in bolded italics and underlined, and deleted language is stricken):
15.10.226 Land Uses Allowed Table.
KEY:
O—Use Permitted Outright
H—Home Occupation
C—Use Requires conditional Use Permit
P—Use Requires Administrative Permit
Blank—Use Prohibited
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Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Accessory building 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adult entertainment INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Agency, i.e., travel insurance, 0 0 0 0 0
title, real estate, etc.
Agriculture 0
Airport and related services 0 C
Amusement or recreation 0 0 0
facility
Animal shelter 0 C C
Antenna, personal TV, satellite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dish
Art gallery 0 0 0 0 0
Assemblages, temporary large, P PP P P P P
i.e., circus, fair
Attraction, permanent major C C C C C
visitor
Auditorium 0 0 0
Auto repair, i.e., mechanic,glass C 0
tow body, upholstery
Auto service/gas station 0 0 0
Auto/RV sales and rentals 0 0 0
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Boat sales 0 0 0
Boat, commercial 0 0
building/fabrication
Boat, harbor/marina C C C C C
Boat, repair and maintenance 0 0 0 C
Boat, storage commercial 0 0 0 C
Bulk material, i.e., concrete, C C
gravel, sand, asphalt
Business, marine retail sales and 0 0 0 0 C
service
Business, package liquor 0 0 0
Business, retail sales and service 0 0 0 0
Business, retail sales and 0
service, industrial
Campground, municipal C/P C/P C/P C/P
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Campground, camper park, C/P C/P C/P
private
Campground, employee C/P
Car/boat wash 0 0 0
Cemetery 0 C 0
Center, community/civic 0 0 C C
Center, mariner's 0 0 0 0
Center, senior or teen CC C 0 0 C C
Child care, licensed center CCOO 0 C
Child care, licensed home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Church CCCCC C 0 0 0 0
Clinic, medical 0 0 0 0 0
Clubs, C 0 0 C
fraternal/lodges/social/veterans
Cluster subdivision C C C
Commercial communications CCCC C C
tower less than 16 feet diameter
or 75 feet in height
Commercial communications C C C
tower 16 feet diameter or
greater than 75 feet in height
Correctional/prison facility C C C C
Crematory 0
Docks/wharves, industrial cargo 0 0 C C
Dock, passenger 0 0 0 C 0
Drinking establishment, i.e., bar, C C C
nightclub, lounge
Drive-in facility—Fast food, CCCCC
banking, etc
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Dwelling, apartment in a 0 0 0 0 0 C
commercial building (limited to
_one unit)
Dwelling, apartment in a 0 0 C C
commercial building(two or
more units)
Dwelling, apartment, efficiency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
or accessory
Dwelling, apartment, studio CCCCC C
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view,
Dwelling, attached single-family, CCCCCC C
i.e., townhouse, row
Dwelling, condominium CCCCCC C
Dwelling, detached single-family 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C C
Dwelling, group home 0 0 0 0 0 0 C
Dwelling, guest house 0 0 C
Dwelling, multi-family(3 or CCCCCC C
more units)
Dwelling,two-family or duplex 0 0 0 0 0 C C
Dwelling,watchman or 0 C
caretaker
Emergency services, pub/vol; CCCCCCOCOO C 0
i.e., fire, ambulance, rescue
Financial institution, i.e., bank, C 0 0
S&L
Flea market, open air retail, C C C
other than occasional
Fuels, bulk storage and sales C
Golf course 0 0 C
Golf driving range 0 0 0 0 C
`r. Greenhouse/nursery— 0 0 0
Commercial
Grocery, convenience store CC C 0 0 0 0
Grocery, supermarket, food 0 0
mart
Health club C C 0 0 0
Home occupation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hospital C C
Housing, bunkhouse C C C
Housing, dormitory 9 C 9 C
Housing, nursing retirement, C C C
convalescent
Kennel, commercial, musher or INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
fancier
Laundry, dry cleaning OCO 0
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR Ri R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Library 0 0 0 0
Livestock, excluding chickens P P
and rabbits
Livestock, chickens and rabbits PPP P P P P P P
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Lodging, B&B H/P H/P H/P H/P H/P 0/P 0/P 0/P 0/P
Lodging, hostel PP P PPP
Lodging, hotel, motel, lodge, inn C 0 C C
Lodging, short-term rental H/P H/P H/P H/P H/P P PPP
Lumber yard/building supply C 0 C
Manufacturing— noxious, heavy C
Manufacturing, light fabrication, C C 0
assembly
Merchant,transient 0 0 0 0
Mobile home park C/P
Mobile home, residential, not in INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
park
Mobile home sales 0 0
Mobile medical unit 0 0 0
Mobile vendor PP PPP PPPPP P
Mortuary/funeral home 0 0 0
Museum C 0 0 0 0 0
Office, boat charter, guide 0 0 0 0 0 C
Office, business or professional 0 0 0 0 0
Office, government/quasi- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
government administration _ wow
Office, mobile/temporary on PPPPP PPPPP P P P
construction site
Office, home, professional 0 0 0 0 0
Parking lot C C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Personal services, i.e., beauty, 0 0 0 0
shoe, tailor
Planned unit development C C C C C C
Playground, public tot lot 0 0 , 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railroad C C C C
Recreation, commercial indoor, 0 0 0 C
i.e., bowling, skating
Recreation, outdoor, i.e., 0 C C C
miniature golf
Recreation, shooting range C C C
Recycling center C C 0 C
Recycling, self-service drop-off 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
point i I
Rental, Long-term 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O C C
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
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Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Repair service, i.e., large C C 0
appliance
Resource extraction, C C C
commercial subsurface, i.e.,
mining
Resource extraction, C C C
commercial surface, i.e., gravel
Resource extraction, C C
commercial timber harvesting
Restaurant,food service, 0 0 0 0 0 C
catering, brew pub
Rooming or boarding house 0/P 0/P 0/P 0/P
Roving vendor PPP P P P PPP P P
Salvage—auto, wrecking, scrap, C
junkyard
Sawmill or lumbermill C C
School,college C C C
LSchool, public/private, CCCCCCC C C
elementary/secondary
School,vocational COOC 0 C
Seafood processing, i.e., C C C C
canning, rendering
Shop, i.e.,welding, sheet metal, C C 0
machine,steel fab.
Shop, i.e.,wood, signs, cabinet, CCOC 0
upholstery
Shopping center(mall) C C
Solid waste disposal, i.e., baler, C C C
transfer, landfill
Storage, container P P P PO P
Storage, explosives P
Storage, outdoor, yard, C 0 0 C
material/equipment
Storage,self service 0 0 0 0
Storage,warehouse and 0 0 0 C C
distribution
Studio, radio/television C 0 0 0 0 C
Tanks, above ground associated C C 0
with service station
LTaxidermy 0 0 0 0 0
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Terminal, i.e., bus,truck,freight 0 C 0 C
Terminal, marine/boat 0 C 0 0 C
passenger
Theater, concert, movie 0 0
Tool/equipment rental 0 0
Zoning Districts Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC NC CB I RM INS P
Temporary structure PPP P _ P PP PPP
Utility facility, public electric, CCCCC C 0 0 0 0 0 0
water, sewer,etc.
Vehicle impound lot 0 0
Vending machine repair, storage 0 0 C
Veterinary hospital C C C
Wind Energy Conversion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Systems(WECS)
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect ten(10) days following its enactment.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA, the
10th day of July, 2023. kiwri
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Sue McClure, Mayor
AYES: Finch, Osenga, Calhoon, Demoss, McClure
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wells, Barnwell
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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Kris Peck, ;�••�.�4__,,,0�q,QO��,
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City Council Agenda Statement
Meeting Date: June 26, 2023
To: City Council
From: Planning and Zoning Commission
Through: Norm Regis, Acting City Manager
Agenda Item: ordinance 2023-019: Amending Seward City Code; 1 5.1 0.1 40(b) Definitions,
Updating Bunkhouse and Lot Width, and Adding Long-term Rental, Flag Lot,
and Lot Frontage; 1 5.1 0.222 Development Requirements Table, Updating
the Minimum Buildable Lot Size for Single-Family and Two-Family Residential
Zoning District and adding Table Notes for Cul-de-sac and Flag Lot
Requirements; and 1 5.1 0.226 Land Uses Allowed Table, Changing the
Outright Use of Dormitories in the office Residential Zoning District and
Institutional District to Require Conditional Use Permits, and Adding Long-
Term Rental
Background and justification:
According to §1 5.01.035, the Planning and Zoning Commission by its own motion may recommend
amendments to Title 15 to the City Council.
Additionally, on February 27, 2023, the City Council approved the Planning and Zoning
Commission's 2023 priorities, which included "make recommended updates to Title 15."
Recent discussions regarding short-term rentals brought up the need to define long-term rental and
add that use to the Land Uses Allowed Table.
On November 15, 2022 the Commission held a work session to discuss the wording for a definition
of long-term rentals.
Developments over the past couple years within Seward have also highlighted various portions of
the development requirements within Seward City Code that lack necessary specifications and/or
regulations.
On December 20, 2022 the Commission held a work session to discuss terminology and
requirements regarding lot frontages and lot widths. An additional work session was held on April
1 8, 2023 to discuss proposed amendments to Title 15, and to discuss the definition and
requirements for bunkhouses and dormitories.
In summary, the effect of this legislation is as follows:
■ Removes language from the definition of bunkhouse that restricts its use to a certain type of
employee
■ Adds a definition for flag lot and lot frontage.
■ Specifies how lot frontage will be measured.
■ Specifies how lot width will be measured for cul-de-sac lots and flag lots.
■ Adds a definition for a long-term rental dwelling.
■ Corrects the development requirements Table to reflect the minimum lot size allowed in R1
and R2 that has been in the Table Notes for some time.
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■ Clarifies language describing lot size and lot frontage requirements for the south and north
portion of the city. No requirements were changed.
■ Adds lot size and lot frontage requirements for cul-de-sac lots and flag lots.
■ Changes the outright use of dormitory in the office Residential and Institutional Zoning
Districts to require Conditional Use permits in the Land Uses Allowed Table.
■ Adds long-term rental to the Land Uses Allowed Table.
Comprehensive and Strategic Plan Consistency Information
This legislation is consistent with (citation listed):
Comprehensive 3.2.1.1 "Manage land use to facilitate economic development while maintaining
Plan: the historic, small town character of Seward"
■ "Raise public awareness of development requirements in each zoning
d i strict."
Strategic Plan:
Other:
Certification of Funds
Total amount of funds listed in this legislation: $ o
This legislation (V):
Creates revenue in the amount of: $
Creates expenditure in amount of: $
Creates a savings in the amount of: $
Has no fiscal impact
Funds are (V):
Budgeted Line item(s):
Not budgeted
Not applicable
Finance Signature:
Attorney Review
Yes Attorney Signature:
Not applicable Comments:
Administration Recommendation
Adopt ordinance
Other:
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