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ORDINANCE NO. 56
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KENAI,. ALASKA
This Zoning Ordinance is enacted for the purpose of promoting
health, safety, morals, comfort, and General Welfare. It is
enacted to conserve and protect property values, to secure the
most appropriate use of land, and to facilitate adequate but
economical pr~visions for public improvements. This Ordinance
is in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and contributes
to The desirable future development of the City, provides a
mernod of administration, and prescribes penalties for the
vioi~tion cf provisions hereafter described.
.'H3.~$, ~ 29.10.21~- 29.10.2~3 empowpr~ the
Ci=~ ro enac~ a Zoning Ordinance and to provide f~r m~s
adminis~ra=ion, enforcement, and amendment; and
.h£2~S, the City Council has established a City Planning
Comnission and appointed it as the Zoning Commission; and
.;H~.~2m.$, the City Council deems it necessary, for the
Tur~osc of promoting the health, safety, morals, or general
~eif~re, =o enact a Zoning Ordinance; and
.::g;(Z~.-$, the City has adopted a long-range City Plan
=o ~'~de ~nd facilitate orderly and beneficial growth of
~he Community; and
',~£EZAS, =he City has adopted a Comprehensive Study and
based ~ Zoning Ordinance on it to serve as a most important
~o. achieving such orderly and beneficial community
~row~h; ~nd
'..'F~REAS, a Zoning Ordinance is necessary in order to
Dromo~e ~e health, safety, morals, and general welfare of
=he City for its immediate and future growth period; and
.~J=~,~S, the City Planning Commis~ion and City Council
~mve :~dcp=ed a Comprehensive Plan and other pertinent factors
~ec=ssary =o the preparation of a Zoning Ordinance:
';~W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City
:f ?:ena~, Alaska:
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rITLE~ YZ2~OD 0F.~FECTIVE~ESS.
A. This Crdinance shall be kno~m and may be cited as the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Kenai, Alaska.
B. 2his Zonin~ Ordinance shall remain in force until repealed.
C. This Ordinance becomes effective one month after date of
APPLiCATIC:[ OF REGULATIONS.
The regulations set by this Ordinance within each district
shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to
each class or kind of structure or land and, particularly,
except ~s hereinafter provided:
A. .o building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied
:nd no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved,
:r '~izered unless in conformity with the regulations
herein specified for the district in which it is located.
B. .:o structure shall hereafter be erected or altered.
-. Uc exceed the height;
2. Jo accommodate or house a greater number of families;
~o occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or
-. Zo have narrower or smaller rear yard, front yard or
side yard than is specified herein for the district
i;: which such building is located.
;;o yard or other open space provided about any building
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this
c~oter shall be considered as providing a yard or open
z~ace for any other building, and no yard or open space
:n one lo~ shall be considered as providing a yard or
t~en space on any othez, lot.
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ORDINANCE NO. 56
bECTIOH 2~
SEVERABILITY
In the event any portion, sec$ion, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.
Passed first reading 6 November, 1963.
Passed second reading ~ December, 1963o
Posted 9 December, 1963.
Effective 9 January, 196~.
Attest;
~/. Frances Torkilsen
City Clerk
S/ ,,James G. D~e
Mayor
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O~d, mtoo.~,~., fit] Codz
O/i.d. ?,%ou/.diag All. Ob£,/.~at. io;~ o{ HoLlers o( A&zotzolic ;3ev~age
i
Co,mci I ,~linutes
s~e~.d to t~ink this road ha:i alr2a,[)' been ~id{me:~ aqs tt wo'sl~ s}9 too eJ~ensivo for
thc City to haul ~:~aterial that far. ':r. tNllJett i5 qer.,;ing forr,~ to ~e sil~ed and
returned as soon a~ possible. ~1~: .ill ad,/erti~ for ~,i:t5 the 1,1 of I~xc. and
are being typed no~,; tho Cler'. also read a letter fr',r, a prvpg~y o=nor ~,t~erein
it should be prorated--the buyer nad alrt:ad~ been in the offic~ anl paid the ta~
the entire parcel, 5o t~ Cit7 rei~b, rsed the b;~yer tee ar~o~mt paid b7 the first
o~n~r--this sas broufht to C~ancil to cragS, arise the ir.p,~anca of fir~in~ up the sub-
division Ordinance. Council also suggested t[~e Ot,~i~anwg requirin~ pro~y o~aero
to record or r~gist~r ~it~ t~e City =7 :~,anges in oror.~g o-nership be enforced,
The Clerk ~a~ instn, cted to direct a letter to th= I~t. of [l~ys. ro Galliett's .su?.-
~estions. Al~o gnackste,tt ,aill contact Eeo Sappifl~t~m re $5 ~i, ~ hr. ~i?~ at either
end of the main pa~ of to~n on t~e genes Spur. ~,c ~,tty, sill be ashed to submit the
requested am~d~nts to the Subdiv. Oral. aml al~o material req.~ted re ~ale~ tax for
l~nai ~ill~s Club. ~tr. :/~5aire ~il] be r,~clueutad to ~ubmit a O~y of the articles of
Inco~oration.
~. ~,tcC~n pr~ent~d Ord.~Sg Providin~ for the i~suance/o~ ;73,000 in ~'~t~r R~v~ue
Bonds. ~r. Kuackst=dt ~owd, S~ir~ ~econd~d, to aec~t Ord,~g, r~ton ~a~ upon to
discussion; roll call vot~ passed it unanimo.~ly,
~, ,~eC~nn presented Ord. o59, Pro~i,lin~. for t!:~ Issuance and Sale of -~7S,000 sever
r~venue bonds. ;,Ir, }.lcCann moved, Ennckstedt seconded, to accept Ord. #.~. Roll call
vote sho~ed unanimous api)rovaI.
:Ir..~lorg~n moved, ,$,lcCann s,:cond.,.'d, 1'o rest. ow the Zoning. Or,l. frown tho table.
unanimous ly.
~lr, ~4or~an presented as~n~im:m~ e~ the Z~;nln~ ~rdinan~ ghieh ~r~ included ~ith
~inutes, ilo also pr~nted ~ re~i~d ZonJn~ map. Tnu~ a~e.,l~nt~ ~ere apprm/ed by
t~o motions: t. lr, 'aorgnn moved, .~,sires ~ec~ded to aco.t the ar~nd~n~s to the Zoning
Ordinance as presented. Pa~sod u~anim~ly. A ~econd grou~ of a~nd~nt~ ~ere arc,coted
.ith tho .ap; ?,Ir, :qorgaq moved, ,-ira~ ~eco:itlod~ to adopt th~ a~ntr~ent~ ~;itn the
/.Ir. :.lorgan ~;ovod, S~ir=s ~ocond~d~ to ado~t t'~e a~and=,~nt~, iqcl~sdin~ the ~ap.
un~tn~aly, The Clerk aroaengod a~n,~.t~t~, ~hich are included In the~ minutes,
.Ir..turin ~ved~ Knac~st~dt secona.d, to ado~t tis= arend~at~ pr.s.nt.d by the Clerk.
Passed ~imously. ~r. S~tres moved, 7Drin ~:condcd, to ado~t tb~ Zoning Ordinunce
fo~ se~d and final reading, lloll call vot~ she;ged ~manirox~s~ a~r~roval. Council
pressed thanks to the many citizens vino helped revise tl,t~ f)r,linanca as it i~ f. lt the
present Ord..ill giw K~s~ai a chance for orderly
Council t/ill meet Sat. at noon in the l.ihrary ~o di~cus.~ an l~se~d~ly re'/'resentative
to the Borough and also polici,...~ to bo :m,o~ued.
Baktuit~ plus pay for 25 :;or. (I~ay
?leEch sec,~dqd, that t;or, lon
paid for 25 :~ov. Pns~ed unani~:¥m~!/.
atty. along ~ith a copy of th,t alaska 5t:,tut,: r,~ l~gnalt i,t~; nmi ~nt :rest A',; 29. I~).
~hich ~as submitted to Council zn July l~f12 >~h.troin g% interest and .enalty i~ applied
to the entire ~:ount of t~e ta~ ~},~,~ it beco~oa
· ~organfs A~nd,~ents to Zonin~ Ordinance :fo. Sb: {Continued}
Sec, 14 - Off St. Parking: to Par~ ffl add: "or at th~ ti~e of alteration"
tho ~ords "ne~ construction".
after
Delete Para #2.
Sec, 14: Atl4J Industrial and ~anufaeturing establishments - one p;~blic 'parkin~
space for every three employees and officers~ or for every 400 square foot of
gross floor a~ea ~hiche~.,er results in the mxi~.m~i nu.~,er of parking spaces.
Sec, 14: B 1, Delet~ "It is suggested" Start with capital E-*Every lot...
1~ I. a Delete "paved or otherwise".
Sec. 14 B 6. insert "aetailed" for first Nord before"olans". At the end of that
paragraph add "All such lands or pre.~ises devoted to t~e uses herein described and
existJ, ng at tho effective dat~ .ui- tiiis ,~rdlnance shall termly ~ith these require°
·ents ~ithin t~o years. Y
Clork*s Amendments:
Page I~8~ F I. 6* not 26'.
Pages 112 and 1~4 - descrepaney; on one instance refers botmdaries to Planning
Co~mission~ in th~. other to the ltoard of Adjustment. ~/hich does Council ~ish it
to bo? Council says "aoard of Adjustment" on Pa~.e 112.
Soc. 18 D. Written application got a certificate of occupancy for a net~ build°
ing or structure~ or for an exiati:Ul buildinL, or structuro to bo altered, shall
bo ~ado at the same time as th,e application for the building permit.
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Ar~ondr~n~ t9 gontn-z ~rdinanee (Jo?~ Ault)
1. Section 2.,C. 1. Delete 7,200 a~ ~n;ert 20,000 t~refore; d~lete
60 ~d In;e~ 100 t~refore.
2. Secti~ 5-3.-2. Delete
t~e~ e~l~ed on the p~emis~ o~ o~me~ operator ~d members of his
~ Secti~ 18 Add t~ following subpara~aph
O. Falsificati~ of a certificate of occupancy for a use of
p~ope~y e~ a ~ildin~; not in confo~ity with ~ch ce~ificate s~ll
Be dee~d a violation cf this
5. Secti~ 19 A. Add the following sentence.
It s~ll be t~ duty of t:~e City Clerk to enforce t~ provisi~s
this o~dt~ce pc~tainiu~ t~ the u~e of land or buildin~ for which
~y license is ~equi~ed by ~y othe~ ordinance of the $ity.
6. ~ecti~ 21 B 4. ~gal ~eferences arc obsolete. Have these
~ent by the atto~ey.
a c~ fo~ the final period ~ add t~ following"~d fu~he~ use of
thc p~ope~y o~ ~inten~ce of ~y buildin~ thcre~ shall c~,titutc
a violati~ of this ordinancc ~d s~ll be p~f~ble acco~'dingly.
8. Oorrect page numbering to be in se~cnce and correct index.~
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2o
:$ection 3, A.,/dolete an~ r~.place wits th~ follo~ing:
~ett~ ~. ~d :he followtn~ para':~aph
F. Off-Street
1, ~e~te Off*~.~Ot ~adin~ ~pa~ acc~sgibie ~o a
$treet.s~ll bo p~.ovt~d.
?. ~ectl~ %, ~. F~ces ~d ~alls -- delete ~ its ~ti=ety ~
1, Pen~s ad ~all$ not exoeed~g s~ feet ~ ~i~t ~y
oc~ ~y po~i~ of a aide o~ ~ea~ yard ~ a~ "R" diet,tot ~
vided t~t ~e ~oh f~ or wail projects ~yo~ t~ f~t
line o~ setback line towa~ the f~mt probity line, t~ follo~
a. Such fence o~ wall ~11 not ezceed f~ feet ~ ~l~t,
shall be c~t~ctod ~o t~t not ~o=e ::~ 50% of t~ ve~le~
face t~eof able a heisht of two foot is solid ~1.
b. Pitted ~d~es p~oJectin6 beyond the f~ont y~d 1~
not ,xceed t~ ~t~ ~t~ts ~tted fo~ fences o~ ~alle.
c. ?~o fence, wall o~ ~dge s~11 be erected ov ~Intatned on
the ~blic p~ope~y b~d the front p~ope~y line of ~y ~t o~
parcel of l~d, except ~on~ or concrete ~e~ain~ walls, and
only to a heiz~t not to exceed six lnc~s able t~ ~e of the each
such wall 1~ contracted to ~etain. % po~ 0~11 flvs~ be
A
':, % :7:'" 1i, ?:.I%'~"; U~.;, replaco thc poriod with a Comas ~d
· . . .~ .'-,f. lo:,la.; "provided
~, ihat if auc;~ non-zonfo~:~n: use ~ d~ac~ttnued fo~ a
'-~ · f -',~r one y~av o= l~ ,b~n¢loned~ tho uae of such
.,,e. m, ~.r ~hail '~e s,~b.?~ct to the pro/i$ion~ of this
~. :aat no m:lldln, uo~d for such nonconfo~ain¢ use o~11 be
-~.~1,.~ to. structurally alt-rod of ~lar¢lod In ay =or, except
a.' req'~lr, d b;~ w~othor ord/a~ce of the city o~ by state la~, o~
lq or'd~r to brin: tho build!n- ~nd Its uae into full confo~ity ~ith
the provisions of thl~ ordinance~ -
,4,
~n~o any otneF po~on of such u~ld~n~ o~ ~d no~ a~tually so o~u-
pied at t~ effective ~te of this ordinance.
B. ~y butl4~; o~ portion the .eof In ezl~tence ~rlo~ to the
effeoti"e ~te of t~.t~ ~rdi~nc~ ~;n~ch te s~ecificall~ 4esi~ed o~
~he p~ovIsions of this o~ce, ~y t~ ~l't.~r be so oc~pte~ o~
~bJect to the lt.~ltati~s set fo~h stove fo~ exis~g n~confo~
uses. ~ te~ in"existence" s~ll include, fo~ the ~o~es of this
section ~ly, ~Y ~ilding ~der actual construction at ~]ch date,
p~l~d t~t ~.ch ~lldtn~ be completed within o~ yea~ t~refro~.
t~ ext~t of ~ t~ 75% of its as~eooed val~ s~ll be ~pai~ed,
moved o~ al~re4 except in c~fo~lty with t~ p~;lol~s of this
bec$~e n~c~fo~Ing hy ~acon ',f any amen~t to this ~e,
as of t~ effective ~te o~ such
E. Re~leo" of ~Y ethos p~ovtai-m of this o~noe, ~
~ ya~ as 4ef~ed ~ein, which afte~ t~ adoptt~ of this o~ee
oo,~ormln~ use~ io ~reby dec,red to be a ~blic ~is~oe ~d
be aba~ed, remove~ or c~aei to a c~fo~ln~ u~ with~ t~o
therefrom.
5. 3octton 1~ O~-~TrEET PARdi"9 ~'lD LOAD~~ ,~EA
9elete in its enti~e~
6. ~cctlon 15, ~I'~ RE~UL%TIC~13,, para:~aph ~., b. c~n~e 32 to
Ad.l paragraph 4. "o ml ~c tllu.,tna~ed vtth fla.hin~ o~ lnte~-
al~tcnt lim~tina mhall be pc' ~tted in ~"H'l 91~t~'ict.
7. ~ec~ton 19, l*l~;"~"~7'~T 'JlD p'~iLTi';~, ..a.?azh c. A~d the
lowtna sen$cnce "Each ant eve~J day tw, t ca!'i violation c~tlnueo
shall be deemed ~ mops.ate and dimti~ct violati~.
;~-.~and"~ents to ZoninL' Cmdtn~nce ",ontlnued
8. Se~i~ 20, O, 2., Add ~ follo~ftn% ssn~enoo. Fo~
of ~h~s section, ~rope~y o~e~" s~ll r~a:l t~ ows~er sho~ ~ ~he
la~es~ ~ assess-~en~ ~o11.
9. Secti~ 20, C, add t~ foll~.;inz pa~graph:
10. ~y va~i~ce approved by ~ P~in!~ cor~aission s~ll be
c~dltt~al up~ the p~tvileze ~ranted beins utilized within six
~ths afte~ the effective date ~f the vari~ce. In the event some
c~st~c~i~ work is involved it ~t actually commence with/the stated
period ~d ~st be dtlisently prosecuted to co.nplett~, ot~ise
the va~nce is automatically voided. In such cases t~ Pla~tn~
c~tssi~ ~y ex~end ~he ti~e ~f the eonst~ction start if ~at~fac-
te~ evidence of pl~in-~ :~ro"ress Is presented.
10. Secti~ 22, ~~X replace the final period with
the follow,g: ~ fu~the~ use of tbs p~operty o~ -~atntenm~ce
~l~in~ ths~e~ s~ll ~nstitute a violation of tht~ o~dinance
s~ll be ~ts~ble accordingly.
11. Secti~ 23, O. 3. delete the wo~ds "t~ City" ~d insert in lieu
thereof "~ a~ea p~opcse~ to be ~ezoned.
12. Section ~3, J. add the following aftgr thc word dollars --
erie let plus ~e dollar for each addtti~al lot included within such
petition..
13. Z~tng ~p of the ~tty of Kenat attached.
0RDI~!ANCE NO, 56 - 293 -
Section
A. Uses Permitte~d.
1. One-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings.
2. Boarding houses.
Truck gardening, the raising of bush and tree crops,
flower gardening, and the use of green houses.
Home occupations.
Accessory buildings and uses not used or operated
for gain.
Churches, provided that no part of any building be
located nearer than 50 feet to any adjoining lot or
street line.
7. Required off-street parking.
Buildin~ ~i~ht Limit.
1. No limit except where limited by City Airfield
Regulations.
Lot Area.
The minimum lot area shall be 7200 square feet and
the minimum lot w~dth shall be 60 feet.
The minimum lot area for dwellings shall be:
For a one-family dwelling - 7200 square feet
per dwelling unit.
For a two-family dwelling - 3600 square feet
per dwelling unit.
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MAP OF THE CITY OF KENAi
KENAI, ALASKA
ORDIHAi;C£ !;C.
,~CTICI; 2~
SEVZ~'~BILITY
In the event any portion, section, subsection, scnta, nce,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.
Passed first reading 6 I~ovember, 1965.
Passed second r~ading ~ December, 1963.
Posted 9 December, 1965.
Effective 9 January, 196~.
Attest:
$/ Frances Torkilsen
City Clerk
James G. Dye
Mayor