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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION 2008-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEWARD PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA,
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AMEND THE
SEWARD CITY CODE TABLE 15.10.220 TO DECREASE
REQUIRED FRONT SETBACKS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL
ZONING DISTRICT FROM 20 FEET TO 10 FEET
WHEREAS, Seward City Code {SSC) § 15.01.035(c)(2) & (3) provides that the Planning
and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing and forward written
recommendations to the City Council before the City Council amends or repeals any land
use regulations, or changes zoning or land use boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the administration has initiated a request for an ordinance amending SCC
Table 15.10.220 to change the presently required 20-foot front setback to 10 feet, and
r... WHEREAS, the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission has complied with the public
notice process required by law, and the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission held
the required public hearing on April 15, 2008, and
WHEREAS, other than in Industrial Zoning Districts, the 20-foot front setback presently
applies only in zoning districts "principally residential," zoning districts "principally
public," and in the "Office Residential" zone, and
WHEREAS, SCC Table 15.10.220 requires only a 10-foot front setback in an Auto-
Commercial Zoning District, and
WHEREAS, SCC Table 15.10.220 does not require any setback whatsoever in either the
Central Business Zoning District or the Harbor-Commercial Zoning District, and
WHEREAS, an "Industrial" district is different from the various zoning districts labeled
"principally residential" and labeled "principally public" in SCC Table 15.10.220, and
instead, an "Industrial" district is more like the other zoning districts labeled "principally
commercial" in that Table, and
WHEREAS, no similar setback is required on the opposite side of Port Avenue, which is
zoned Harbor Commercial, and which evidences far more traffic and pedestrian activity
than most of the Industrial Zoning District, and
WHEREAS, SCC ordinances and building code provisions ensure, independent of the
setback requirement, that no owner can ever obtain a building permit from the City of
Seward without first ensuring (1) adequate utility easements, (2) adequate parking spaces,
(3) an adequate snow-storage plan, (4) life-safety requirements for explosive storage
tanks, and (S) adequate fire access, and
WHEREAS, changing the front setback from 20 feet to 10 feet in an Industrial Zoning
District is consistent with the Seward City Code, the Charter, the Comprehensive Plans,
the Land Use Plans, the Strategic Plan, and City Council Rules of Procedures as applied
to the Planning and Zoning Commission:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Seward Planning and Zoning Cammission
recommends to the Seward City Council adoption of an ordinance reducing from 20 feet
to 10 feet the front setback in that portion of the Industrial Zoning District known as
Leirer Industrial Subdivision, filed of record in the Seward Recording District as Plat No.
2002-19, and Alaska Skill Center, Tract C-1, filed of record in the Seward Recording
District as Plat No. 75-1, Recorded 3-27-1975.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission this 1ST'
day of Apri12008.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
M anna Keil, Cha
AYES: Anderson, Heinrich, Keil, McClure, Roach'
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
VACANT: Two
ATTEST:
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