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| Robert Gill | 12/1/2005 5:01:04 PM |
| In R-10 and R-6 zoned areas, municipal compliance and sign off with all building, zoning, well and septic regulations and laws should be a condition precedent prior to an MOA issuing a certificate of occupancy. Likewise the state of Alaska should not grant an assisted living license to the applicant until all the previously mentioned conditions have been met. The licensee should have all employees checked on the Alaka Sex Offender registry by the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The licensee should have a good credit standing and should not have any outstanding actions for debt collection against them during the last 5 years. Any applicant that has been convicted of assault or battery on a police officer whether misdemeanor or felony should be disqualified from a state license for 15 years. Also the Anchorage fire department should inspect all assisted living properties for proper fire exits and be free of any fire or other safety hazards. All applicants who have had their assisted living license previously suspended for any reason, should have to submit their request for a new license with any comments from the local community council, who should be provided with +a 90 day notice and comment period to MOA authorities and the current Assisted Living licensing officer of the State of Alaska. End of comments | |
| Leonard Lamb | 11/4/2005 9:40:50 AM |
| I just recently went through a long and painful process with a child care center in my neighborhood. The child care center was a constant source of trash in the neighborhood. Parents dropping off their children also dropped their car trash into the street. The facitlity always looked like a tornado hit it because children were not made to put toys away and left them where they dropped. Eventually the facility looked like a trash dump. Sadly, Ancorage has no rules with teeth for this such thing. Strict rules with strict enforcement should be placed on any business enterprise entering a neighborhood to insure that they respect the neighborhood. | |
| Barbara Dey | 9/13/2005 6:46:09 PM |
| Quasi-Institutional and Institutional facilities should not be allowed in single famiy neighborhoods. These institutions directly impact the density and value of the neighborhood. High density uses should be restricted to high density zoning areas with no exceptions. They create traffic, parking, and noise disturbances which the owners in the neighborhood specifically sought to minimize by purchasing in a single-family zoned neighborhood. Further, these types of institutions are business entities and should be restricted on those grounds also. | |
| Clinton Hodges | 4/29/2005 10:56:30 AM |
| Relative to R2M zoned areas I have concerns that do not appear to be addressed. My understanding is that the number of residents for a facility will be based upon what currently exists in a given neighborhood. So, if the R2M consist mainly of single family homes then the number of residents would roughly be 4.3 per facility. I am opposed to the ordinance in this regard because it fails with respect to specificity. For example, in a neighborhood with 20 single family homes, 2-3 duplexes, and 3 tri-plexes, on roughly 9,000sq/ft lots, would not warrant any given facility having more than 4 residents because the neighborhood is made up of mostly single family homes. In R2M neighborhoods of mostly single family homes 24 hour residential care facilities would be out of character. Regarding children having access to residential care in their neighborhood. This is something I think parents and new parents should consider before purchasing a home in any given neighborhood. | |
| Dennis Linnell | 2/2/2004 8:47:10 AM |
| Childcare for 9-15 and 16+ should be a conditional use in R1 through R-O districts, and not outrightly prohibited. By making them prohibited, it will force parents to transport their children out of their neighborhoods for child care. Particularly affected will be before and after school programs. As funding for community school and Camp Fire programs get cut, more programs outside but near the school will be necessary. Churches and other community centers that are allowable uses in these zoning districts will not be allowed to be used to provide these service. I recommend you reconsider this action. | |