After pushback from residents on their proposed zoning overhaul, three Assembly members have put forward a new version that would allow duplexes in single-family residential zones throughout the Anchorage Bowl.
Three Anchorage Assembly members who proposed an overhaul of city zoning have tossed out most of that plan and are instead pushing forward with one simpler — but broad — change: to eliminate single-family zoning throughout the Anchorage Bowl.is approved by a majority of the Assembly at the June 25 meeting, duplexes would be allowed in all zones that currently allow only single-family houses. It would not apply to Girdwood and Eagle River.
Members Anna Brawley, Daniel Volland and Vice Chair Meg Zaletel on Monday afternoon announced the latest version of the HOME Initiative, or “Housing Opportunities in the Municipality for Everyone,” which they first proposed last fall.and worker shortage, the members said. To help alleviate the issues, they previously sought to loosen development requirements in the Anchorage Bowl by shrinking 15 residential zones to five.
That means residential lots currently zoned as single family could have three separate living units, if the HOME Initiative is approved next week, Volland said.
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