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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE 1213-1987• CJ Mr L7A Suggested by: Planning & Zoning Commission CITY OF KEW ORDn== no. 1213-0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CITY OF KENAI ZONING MAP FOR TRACTS D-1 THROUGH D-7, DENA'INA POINT ESTATES FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL (RS) TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG). WHEREAS, KMC 14.20.270 establishes a procedure to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Kenai, and WHEREAS, the Official City of Kenai Zoning Map depicts lands described as Tracts D-1 through D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates as Suburban Residential (RS), and WHEREAS, the owner of the property has submitted a petition for the rezoning of the described lands to the General Commercial (CG) designation, and WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan of the Comprehensive Plan dated 1980 designates this area to be Medium Density Residential, and WHEREAS, the new commercial designation will not match the legal description at time of filing, therefore the approval or disapproval should bear the outlines as depicted in Exhibit B "Concept Map", and In WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission held a public hearing on May 13, 1987 and as a result of that public hearing recommend to the Kenai City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough the amendment cf the Official City of Kenai Zoning Map and the Land Use Plan to the General Commercial (CG) designation. NOw, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED By THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, as follows: Section 1_ Subject property consisting of those lands depicted in Exhibits A described as Tracts D-1 through D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates are hereby rezoned to General Commercial at the time of filing a final plat which will be outlined as in Exhibit B, Concept Map. 1 Ak .7 PASSIM BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENhI, ALRsxh this 3rd day Of June, 1987. lliams, Mayor ATTEST: 6742MI.141- pd�ot Whelan, City Clerk 0 K, FirRt Reading: May 20, 1987 Second Reading. June 3, 1987 Effective Date: July 3, 1987 ME L f— !5K ITT:A1l11vI CITY OF KENAI 601" 4 4" It MH A*-= TO: Mayor Williams and Council Members FROM: Planning & Zoning Commission Janet Loper, Planning Specialist SUBJECT: Ordinance 1213-87: Rezone Tracts D-1 through D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates - from RS to CG - Roberts/McLane DATE: May 15, 1987 BACKGROUND Applicant: Legal. r*stcription: Existing Zoning: Proposed Zoning: Existing Land Use Plan: Proposed Land Use Plan: DISCUSSION Sam McLane for Royce Roberts, Owner Box 468 Soldotna, Alaska 99669 Tracts 6-1 through D-7, Dena' Ina Point Estates - portion of Section 36 Suburban Residential (RS) General Commercial (CG) Medium Density Residential General Commercial The Planning & Zoning Commission held two public hearings, one on April 22nd, the second on May 13th. Certified letters were sent of public hearing were sent to the four property owners within 3001. There were no comments from the public or those four property owners. The proposed zoning amendment entails a redesign of the D tracts of Dena'Ina Point Estates. The material before you does not represent a preliminary plat, rather it is described as a "concept map". As described in the letter from McLanes, a vacation and replat will also be necessary. As you will note, the rezuning request is for all D Tracts while the Concept Map shows a separate area for residential development. "y�oNG'Kai4•-'Tl%ki?r'��Y� ''��6vwF»�•-... L - f • v. �r f 4 to 3 vote, recommend approval of the .be contingent upon the filing of a final ,the "Concept Map". At that time, the anged and may -return to you for that i to handle it. rota the current Comprehensive Plan for L El iq4 M''�•'••••:'•�.'��i [4'• 'S:!'; 'jY: ^i :.. `!3.. Y: w•_�.��::_._.•. ii •i �iw' a�.! ! 1V i,. r ;r oktG))KsAL -f I LE C) '-P I AT 5�6 of proposed Orel, doA OFFICIAL 11 CITY OF KENAI ZONING MAP SCAL= 800 JULY 1, 1984 L henf � dl MAIN to `_ - ■•K: ■ ■s 'ial iiYl ,R Cny- Lo rr, 2Ri ...� ■A ial• :I< urc- �.'rf■�G�]'al rJ air►��p��j�jc M i ,f1�..■AIL�, ►� 1` m,,4"" G4rip. �I I f� SUN �s. 3, R j - 61. 4 31 Al, .1W L-4 J c WarCh. 1987 m 'a -. _ _ _. ra .. rZ ' . p 044) 57 To better understand the significance of these projections and to translate them into a Land Use Plan, it was necessary to evaluate the existing level of oommeroial development related to the amount of land now zoned for commercial. At the present time there are two zoning categories for commercial uses: Central Commercial and General Commercial. The area zoned Central Commeroial is located in the business district around the intersection of Main and the Kenai Spur Highway. There are approximately 25.3 acres now zoned for Central Commercial. General Commercial zoning within the City represents approximately 345 acresdk This zone incorporates much of the existing business district and all of the commercial areas outside of the central business area. Within these two zoning districts, approximately 117 acres are now developed. From the comparison of hose much land i- now zoned for commercial purposes and how much land is projected as needed for future commercial purposes, one can see that there is an abundance _ '•_��=��- of land available for future growth. The goals for commercial development within the City of Kenai have been derived from the Citizens Attitude Survey and from conversations with City staff, Council and Commissions. They are outlined below: 1. Encourage more intensive commercial development within the existing business district. - 2. Encourage neighborhood convenience -oriented uses in existing commercial areas outside of the central business district. �. 3. Discourage strip commercial development along highway, major arterial and collector arterial right-of-ways. 4. Limit expansion of commercial zoning outside the central business district. << 5. Accommodate the need for auto -oriented commercial uses and general commercial uses which need highway orientation to prosper. 6. Consider the growth potentials of each of Kenai's neighborhoods in evaluating their needs for future commercial development. 4 L L ._ta.+..•NT.M•sagir}„a: v��t,.-c...<-. T �il.l 58 The intent of the first goal. is more completely described in the special section related to development in the business district. Basically, the purpose of this goal is to discourage the further dispersal of commercial development outside the central business district, thereby encouraging a more concentrated aommeroial neighborhood within the existing central business district. Many new commercial establishments have been locating either outside the City limits in the Borough or on commeroial sites along the Kenai Spur Highway. Many of these uses would be more appropriately located in the central business district. The General Commercial designation of the Comprehensive Plan expands the commercial zoning within the business district in oroer to encourage a better choice of properties and commercial expansion within the existing business district. Generally, the commercial area of the existing business district is defined by the rain Street Loop Road. Commercial development outside the business district has been accommodated through two zoning categories - Neighborhood Business and General Commercial. the Neighborhood Business category accommodates convenience -oriented and commercial lagd uses, such as neighborhood grocery and drug stores, service stations, laundromats, etc. these commercial land uses would be located within the neighborhood for ease of access. The consultants strongly recommend that commercial land uses outside the central business district be limited to areas that are now zoned for that purpose. Expansion of commercial areas outside the central business district would U:'lEr "iaourage further development and discourage a more concentrated central business district. Although the proposed Land Use Plan recommends primarily neighborhood business -type uses outside the central business district, the consultants realize the need for some general commercial areas that would accommodate more auto -oriented commercial uses such as automotive and trailer sales lots. 0 • Finally, the commercial element of the Land Use Plan considers the growth potentials within each neighborhood and has identified the need for some commercial zoning along the Kalifonsky Beach Road to serve the is South Kenai neighborhood.. ... -�= � -�.. •• - �o�ocs44 �Drri�OrL6Jt.�nsl�l��__ • El 7. Strengthen nti-41 nAlGhborhoods by better control over the development of different densities or nousing In neighborhoods. The city should: a. Establish a Low Den::;ty land use category (to 2 dwelling units per acre) for areas which are not now served, nor are expected to be served by city water and/or sewer systems for at least 15 years (see Fig. 4). b. Establish a Medium Density land use category for single family and duplex units. h. Amend the zoning map to designate selected sites within the Medium Density Land use area exclusively for tri-plex and largerunits. 4..} Allow higher density units within other portions of the Medium Density land use area through g provisions of the planned unit development ordinance. mobile home Allow me parks on a conditional use basis only within the Medium Density land use category. Allow mobile homes only within mobile home parks. Create zones exclusively for single family housing, within the Low Density and Medium Density land use categories, responding to the desires of some citizens to maintain a single family neighborhood character. Rezone subdivisions only upon petition and hearing - _`=_" Initiated by a majority of property owners In an Identified subdivision. Amend the Zoning Code to simplify residential zones and to bring the r zoning map Into conformity with the comprehensive plan. Discourage rezoning from residential to commercial use for lots which :^s. front on the Spur Highway. Preserve existing housing stock by encouraging building maintenance - through the process of systematic enforcement of the building code = '` and fire code, particularly at time of sale. i Protect established residential neighborhoods from intrusion by Incompatible land uses e. auto air, warehousing). P ( 9 o sales or rep , g). 1 L _.. _. .... _ _..�—... _.-—,....a__..a.nya..iJ�...:r.'..�ir.. .r...�..+-.�iwwu• 1i....w..u�f..- : S4i �w 1 t•_ I }'- f The CA"! cl. Jw Plam Y = ity of -- +,� Central Rena; East Kenai Beaver creek • +. Kam Miest Rena ®Rt —_1 } ' S Neighborhood t h : ••• . ; : �.:.,. .�: f, Plan '••. ��':m;:�-;:� .% ',= //. '•.• r �':�!'t�';:;irs rJ' legend: '3 I M.• South Kenai: ;,� ! I -- • l ' I ,,,. I _ I I • , RK T6oepe & Amoda 7 t� , '�%�� w.. •� � 1\ � � 1r w.rr.wwYr�rY�.w YI/1•Y lrr �. I. •• �� • • � � ww w�+�..r. 4 4 M•w w �.. wwww.w ♦ r til'♦fe i�INI}I .'a' M•ww w .•.�.I •wM.• bY.r. M 1�1ti r I•,rr '� Figure 15 ISEWilt-t .` ` E '.ty'•' 8• Establish coMmercial districts suited to their highway, neighborhood, .`_ central business district, or stcric district settings (see fig. 4). The city should: plL.A��ryf the a. Concentrate commercial development at strategic locations along Spur Highway, where traffic turning movements can be controlled and neighborhoods ad on Impacts im can be minimized. P j b. Require that access to commercial sites be restricted to arterials or collector streets not to residential access streets. C. Restrict any commercial development along Beaver Loop Road. Limit commercial development on Bridge Access Road to industrial uses w;_�,�._��;'_-,__, t:,;,,•:. (marine industry west aide, genera{ industrial east side of Bridge x� Access Road). d. Enact a neighborhood commercial zone and designate selected neighbor- rye, hoods within the general commerical land use category. Establish standards for buffering commercial uses from adjacent residentially - I" zoned properties. G Lj . E�N e. Amend the Zoning Code to prohibit on -tot storage of a primary use In ,tr�JtiTT commercial zones. Encourage storage of petroleum products, building 7 y� materials, etc. in the General Industrial land use area. Require Vy fencing of on -tot storage which is an accessory use in a commercial ;ya.: land use area. f. Establish the adverse Inpacts of commercial uses on adjacent residential properties by requiring a fence and/or landscaping buffer on the commercial site, under authority of a new "transition buffering" ordinance. �,, 9. Create a pedestrian -oriented downtown area with services and different from other, more automobile -oriented commercial areas amenities (see Fig. 4). The city should: JRNU4 ,•✓{ 4WD ! Encourage pedestrian linkages to and through new public and private ' ,+ t development b site tan review and/or special ordinance provisions. y p p l y��i i.� '•�Cti' 'l : } fi y=z b. Promote a mixture of financial, comparison retail, cultural, entertain- - �,< ment, recreational, government, and office development in the central �d business district (Ct3D). Create a new CBD zone which discourages development of residential, automobile sales and service, wholesale and airport -related Industrial uses in the CBD. C. Enhance the commercial attractiveness of downtown by landscaping of z, tt ywr streets, parking areas and service yards, and installation of seating z'a E. areas, and development of parks (sea "Kenai Downtown Landscape Master Plan", 1985, and Landscaping Regulations, Ord. 1037-85). d. Sell or lease city land in the CBD for commercial uses which generate l - s_ stable, long-term employment and which comply with design guidelines _ w<,,;.._ :. :-' _•-i: established for the district. r,r:;o � fP r `j5� 4-�e_�l.Y'}L7C'a- rh /, - - sL.. ♦_ � '�f 4"F-:� ,�E:��a=y��+•�" f �'�4t11�4-. _M^.Gf-�ti . a mN rYa:W IX FtG.4 LAND USE PLAN + I 1 ;Low Do nsity 1 QCommerclalDo r)�_'-, ' 3 Medium Denali Oriented --- —+— River Industry QCentral Public Lands Business Conservation Yz t District,, �d Parks + Conditional r I I�T,ow�ette Use 3 ...3� EConservation .••� iv r 8 ElDevelopmentTributary ?_! x / Review Area 44 rY . 23 - ( - i. =•C; ii E�= Nb a AMOOiA"89 INC. x`. TOt Ms. Janet Loper J City of Kenai FROMt Sam McLane, P.L.S. DATE: April 8, 1987 REt Dena'ina Point Estates Zoning Amendment Request W.O. 87-2010-01 MEMORANDUM The subject property was surveyed and platted by the City of Kenai in large tracts. The street layout and tract configuration were based on residential lot criteria to be developed with municipal water, sewer, and storm drainage. This concept allows the tract or block owners to gradually develop street and utility networks and then subdivide the blocks into final lot parcels. ==; •The applicant desires to rezone a major portion r` the property to General The with the remainder staying Suburban Residential. To accomplish hy'r- desired buffers for residential areas and to separate commercial traffic from residential areas the property will be replatted following the zoning z-' amendment. This replatting will include vacation of existing R.O.W.•s, utility easements and the screening easement along the Spur Highway. A new preliminary will be submitted to the Planning Commission. This will contain residential and commercial areas which will appropriate screening and buffer areas. The following procedure is anticipated: 1) Zoning Amendment Request and Action 2) Vacation Request and Action 3) Replatting of Property thru Standard Procedures The intended subdivision design will insure continuity of dedicated R.O.W.'s and match with existing utilities engineered for adjoining properties. The legal description of the zoning amendment will be subject to presented conceptual maps to be followed by the platting procedures. • P.O. BOX 4BB SOL.00TNA. AK BBBBB B07-283-421B i '- rr,.�:...t-4.. ,.?i,'s3 __ _ - _ - _ � ��.f.-.. ,,_.�.xu_.::c::tnscc.ac.�.e,.--..-.,..•......_-_ .ateglow'i... le ,tv ir, Poses , road$ turtles a