2024 Projects In Process:

Brownfield Assessment Grant See the project page for more information.
Community Council Boundaries 10-Year Review See the project page for more information.
Downtown Streets Engineering Study See the project page for more information.
Girdwood Comprehensive Plan Update The Long-Range Planning Division is providing technical assistance as necessary to the Imagine Girdwood Comprehensive Plan update.
Long-Range Transportation Strategy See the project page for more information.
Midtown District Plan See the project page for more information.
Manufactured Housing/Mobile Home Feasibility Study See the project page for more information
South Addition Neighborhood Plan The Long-Range Planning Division is providing technical assistance as necessary to the South Addition Community Council. See the project page for more information.
Title 21 Parking & Site Access Amendments See the project page for more information.

Previous Projects:

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADUs): This project updated ADU code language to facilitate additional provision of housing. AO 2022-107 As Amended. This project implemented 2040 LUP actions 4-1 and 4-2. Contact daniel.mckenna-foster@anchorageak.gov

OUR DOWNTOWN STEPS 1, 2, & 3: This project was a three-step, multi-year process to update the Downtown Title 21 code and the Downtown Anchorage Comprehensive Plan. (2040 Actions 3-2 and 3-9). Passed unanimously by the Assembly on April 25, 2023. See the project page for more information.

R-4A ZONE MIXED-USE TEXT AMENDMENT: This project updates and simplifies the mixed-use zoning regulations in the R-4A residential mixed-use zoning district, the densest residential zoning district in Anchorage outside of Downtown.(2040 Action 3-1). A.O. 2023-42.Contact: daniel.mckenna-foster@anchorageak.gov

PRIVATE STREETS AND RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS: This project clarified the decision-making process when determining whether a driveway or private street is required for new developments. (Action 4-6)

REINVESTMENT FOCUS AREAS (RFAs): AO 2022-062(S). This project established an RFA selection procedure, with approval by the Anchorage Assembly and new incentives for reinvestment in RFAs. Contact: daniel.mckenna-foster@anchorageak.gov

SMALL AREA IMPLEMENTATION PLANS: The Anchorage Assembly adopted the Small Area Implementation Plan, a new master planning tool in Title 21, Chapter 21.03, Review and Approval Procedures, on June 8, 2021. This project, which was brought forward by the Planning Department as a public hearing draft in February 2021, has implemented Anchorage 2040 Action 2-11. Project page.