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Publications, Studies, Adopted Plans

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Comprehensive Plan​s

 Year

 Download

 Hardcopy

Anchorage 2020-Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Plan

 2001

     Yes

$39 book

Anchorage 2040 Land Use Plan ​​

 2017

     Yes​

$22

Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan Update  

 2006

     Yes

$10

Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan

1993

     Yes

Girdwood Area Plan

1995

     Yes

$15

Turnagain Arm Comprehensive Plan    

2009

     Yes

$17


La​nd Use Re​gulations

 

Title 21 Land Use Code

​ $40, limited copies

Anchorage Indicators

 Year

 Download

  Hardcopy

2012 Anchorage Indicators Report  

 2012

    Yes

 

Census 2000 Profile​​

 2003

    Yes

Demographic Indicators - 2000

 2000

    Yes

Housing & Construction Indicators

 2000

    Yes

Income Indicators

 2000

    Yes

Cost of Living Indicators

 2000

    Yes

Government and Military Indicators

 2000  

    Yes


District and Neighborhood Plans, Special Site or Area Land Use
Studies, Miscellaneous Reports

 Year

 Download

 Hardcopy

Anchorage Bowl Commercial and Industrial Land
Use Study: Part 1 and Part 2

  1996

     Yes

 

Anchorage Central Business District (CBD)
Urban Design Amenities

​1990​     Yes

Anchorage Commercial Land Assessment  

  2012

     Yes

Anchorage Downtown Comprehensive Plan 

  2007

     Yes

$14.70

Anchorage's Four Original Neighborhoods 2015 Interpretive Plan 

  2015

     Yes

Anchorage Housing Market Study  

  2012

     Yes

Anchorage Industrial Land Assessment 

  2015

Yes

 

Anchorage Snow Avalanche Zoning Analysis

  1982 

Yes

Avalanche Hazard Workshop Report 

  1992

Yes

 

Chugiak-Eagle River Site-Specific Land Use Plan 

  2018

Yes

D Street Area Wide Plan (2019 EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant
​2023
​Yes

Downtown Anchorage Seismic Risk Assessment
& Land Use Regulations to Mitigate Seismic Risk
  

  2010

Yes

Eagle River Central Business District Revitalization
Plan

 2003

 Yes

$16

East Anchorage District Plan                                           

 2014   

Yes

Fairview Neighborhood Plan 

 2014

Yes

$15

Fiscal Impact Analysis (Prepared for Anchorage
2020 Comprehensive Plan)

 2000

 Yes

$5-printed on request

Geotechnical Hazards Assessment Study

 1979

 Yes 

$10

Girdwood Archaeological Report_2-23-21 (TNSDS) 

TNSDS_Girdwood Architectural Roster (TNSDS)

​2021
​Yes
​​No
Girdwood Coastal Wetland Natural and Historic Interpretive area Master Plan Report
​1981
​Yes
​No

Girdwood Commercial Areas and Transportation
Master Plan

 2001

Yes

$10

Girdwood-Iditarod Trail Route Study

 1997

Yes 

 

Girdwood South Townsite Area Master Plan

 2014

Yes

Glacier–Winner Creek Access Corridor Study

 1996

No

out of print

Goose Lake Plan (replaced by UMED District Plan)

 1983

No

out of print

Government Hill Neighborhood Plan (GHNP)  

 2013

Yes

Free

Government Hill Yesterday and Today Oral
History Report

 2012

​Yes

Free

Hillside District Plan (replaces HWMP)

 2010

Yes

$21

Hillside Wastewater Management Plan (HWMP)

 1982

Yes 

Historic Preservation Plan for Anchorage's Four
Original Neighborhood 
 (HPP)

 2013

 Yes

Free

HLB Parcel 1-085 Land Use Study 

1996

Yes 

Mountain View Targeted Neighborhood Plan 

 2016Yes
​​Our Downtown Anchorage Downtown District Plan
​2023
​Yes
​​Inquire at Dept

Patterns of the Past: An Inventory of Anchorage Historic Resources 

1986

Yes

out of print

Potter Valley Land Use Analysis 

1999

Yes

Section 36 Land Use Study

1991

  No

out of print

Ship Creek/Waterfront Land Use Plan  

1991

  Yes 

Ship Creek Framework Plan 

2014

  Yes

Snow Avalanche & Mass-wasting Hazard Analysis- Glacier/Winner Creek Area, Alaska

1993

No

$5, call first

South Addition Historic Context Statement  

2012

Yes

South Addition Historic Resources Survey Manual  

2011

Yes

Spenard Corridor Plan

Spenard Commercial District Development Strategy   

2020

1986

Yes

Yes

3500 Tudor Road Master Plan

2007

Yes

 

UMED District Plan Update

2016

 Yes

UMED TDM Plan​
​2023
​Yes

University and Medical District Framework Master
Plan (U-Med)

2003

Yes

 

West Anchorage District Plan (WADP)

2012

​Yes

$42


Public Facility Plans and Studies

Year             

Download

 Hardcopy

Anchorage Bowl Park, Natural Resource,
and Recreation Facility Plan
​​

2006

  Yes

 

Anchorage Park, Greenbelt and Recreation
Facility Plan

1985

  No

out of print

Vacant Land Analysis 1980.pdf
​1980
​ Yes

Volume I: Anchorage Bowl

1985

  No

$5, call

Volume II: Chugiak-Eagle River-Eklutna

1985

  No

$5, call

Volume: III: Turnagain Arm

1985

  Yes 

Volume IV: Summary

1985

  No

Areawide Library Plan 

1984

  Yes 

Areawide Trails Plan

1997

  Yes

Free

Eagle River Greenbelt Plan 

1985

  Yes 

$5, call

Far North Bicentennial Park Master Plan (Updated) 

1985

  Yes

$5, call

Rabbit Creek Greenbelt Plan

1987

  Yes

Street and Highway Landscape Plan 

1981

  Yes

Tudor Road Public Lands and Institutions Plan

1986

  No

out of print

Utility Corridor Plan

1990

  Yes

$5

Russian Jack Park Single Track Trails Map
​2024
​Yes


Environmental Plans and Studies

Year

 Download

 Hardcopy

Anchorage Coastal Management Plan

2007

     Yes

Free

Anchorage Coastal Management Plan

1979

     No

           

Anchorage Wetlands​ Management Plan  

2014

     Yes

on r​equest

Anchorage Wetlands Management Plan  

1996

     Yes

 

208 Areawide Water Quality Management Plan 

1979

     Yes 

208 Areawide Water Quality Management Plan,
Executive Summary
 

1979

 

     Yes   

 

 

1992 Air Quality Attainment Plan for Anchorage

1992

      No

 


Transportation-related

 

Year

 

 Download

 

 

 

2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan 

2020    

2015

    Yes

    Yes


Anchorage Vision Zero Plan
​2019
​​Yes
​​1979 Official Streets & Highways Plan

​1979
1985 Official Streets & Highways Plan_a
1985 Official Streets & Highways Plan_b
​1985
2005 Official Streets & Highways Plan
​2005
2005 Anchorage Bowl 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan.pdf

​2005

Official Streets and Highways Plan

2014​

    

   Yes

 


Historic


1946 City of Anchorage zoning.pdf
​1946
​​Yes
1954 Recreation for Anchorage-Preliminary Plan-(Vic Fischer).pdf
​1954
1954 Urban Aesthetics Planning Bulletin (Vic Fischer).pdf
​1954
1955 Fire Protection for Anchorage-Preliminary Plan.pdf

​1955
1955 Water for Anchorage-Preliminary Plan-(Vic Fischer)-complete.pdf
1955 Fischer-Anchorage Street Plan-Preliminary-(Vic Fischer).pdf


​1955
1955 Sanitary Sewers for Anchorage-Preliminary Plan (Vic Fischer).pdf
Storm Drainage for Anchorage-Preliminary Plan-1955.pdf
1956 Report on Comp Plan -Vic Fischer.pdf
​19556
1958 Zoning City of Anchorage.pdf

​1958
​​Yes
1959 Zoning Map.pdf
​1959
​Yes
1964-1970 Urban Renewal Plan.pdf
​1964-1970
​Yes
1965 Zoning City of Anchorage.pdf
​1965

​Yes
​​1972 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_a
1972 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_b
1972 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_c
1972 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_d
1974 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_a
1974 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_b
1974 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map_c
1976 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map
1979 Anchorage Borough Zoning Map
​1971-1979 
​​Yes
​​​1970 Central Business District Plan.pdf
​1970 
​Yes
1972 Zoning Greater Anchorage Area Borough.pdf
​1972
​​Yes
1973 Bikeway & Trail Plan.-Prelim.pdf
​1973
​Yes
1973 Central Business District Plan.pdf

​1973​
​Yes
1974 The Citizen Speaks Out.pdf
​1974
​​Yes
1979_Anchorage_Areawide_Trails_Plan.pdf
​1979
​Yes
​​1982 Zoning Municipality of Anchorage.pdf
​1982​
​ Yes
1982 Anchorage CBD Development Plan Summary.pdf​1982

​ Yes
1982 Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Development Plan.pdf

​1982
​​Yes
1983 Urban Design Task Force.pdf
​1983
Yes
Anchorage CBD Comp Plan 1983.pdf
​1983
​Yes
1984 SE Geographic Rezone.pdf
​1984
​Yes
1984 NW Geographic Rezone.pdf
1984
​Yes
1984 SW Geographic Rezone.pdf
​1984
​Yes
1986 NE Geographic Rezone.pdf

1986​​Yes
1997 Lamb & Lamb Report.pdf
​1997
​​Yes
2002 Abbott Town Center Draft Plan
2002 Abbott Town Center Regulating Plan.pdf
​2002
​​Yes
2003 East Anchorage Transportation Forecast Report.pdf
2003 East Anchorage Transportation Forecast Report Final Recommendations.pdf
​2003 
​Yes
​​2012 Title 21 Zoning.pdf


​2012
​​Yes

Outside Publications of Interest

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska


​2019
​Yes

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