HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3448-2025Sponsored by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3448-2026
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 14.22.010 - LAND USE TABLE, TO
ALLOW AIRPORTS AS A PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE IN THE AIRPORT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
WHEREAS, the Imagine Kenai 2030 Comprehensive Plan ("Comprehensive Plan"), identified a Land
Use objective to review existing zoning and subdivision codes to determine if they address current and
future land uses adequately; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Municipal Airport and surrounding land was transferred to the City of Kenai by the
federal government in 1963 and was a permitted use within the Conservation zone; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai enacted Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.20.065 - Airport Light Industrial
(ALI) Zone in May 2016 with Ordinance 2884-2016; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai rezoned 51 parcels owned by the City, including the Kenai Municipal
Airport, within the Airport Reserve Boundary to ALI in May 2016 with Ordinance 2885-2016; and,
WHEREAS, Airports are currently considered a conditional use within the ALI zone; and,
WHEREAS, Airports should be a principal permitted use within the ALI zone; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting on January 8, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to
recommend the City Council enact Ordinance 3448-2025; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting on January 9, 2025, the Airport Commission voted to recommend the City
Council enact Ordinance 3448-2025; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to align the zoning code to current land uses around the
Kenai Municipal Airport to clarify the type of development sought for future economic investments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Amendment of Section of Kenai Municipal Code: That Kenai Municipal Code, Section
14.22.010 - Land Use Table, Industrial subsection, Airports is hereby amended as follows:
KEY: P = Principal Permitted Use
C = Conditional Use
S = Secondary Use
N = Not Permitted
NOTE: Reference footnotes on
following pages for additional
restrictions
ZONING DISTRICTS
LAND USES
ALI
I C IRRIRR-1
IRSIRS-IIRS-21RUICCICGI
IL
IH
ED
R TSH
LC
JCIVIU i WW
INDUSTRIAL
Airports
P [C]
P20
C
I N I C
I N I N
I C
I C
I C I C
I C
I N
I C I N
I N
C
C
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Section 2. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall
be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in
which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder
of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision, or
application.
Section 3. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect 30 days
after enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, THIS 5T" DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025
ATTEST:
MX,trel S ner, MC, City Clerk
Brian Gabriel Sr., Mayor
Introduced: January 15, 2025
Enacted: February 5, 2025
Effective: March 7, 2025
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
THROUGH:
Terry Eubank, City Manager
FROM:
Kevin Buettner, Planning Director
DATE:
January 15, 2025
SUBJECT:
Ordinance 3348-2025 -Amending Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.22.010
- Land Use Table, to Allow Airports as a Principal Permitted Use in the Airport
Light Industrial Zone.
At their January 8, 2025 meeting, and in accordance with KMC 14.05.010 Duties and Powers, the
Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance amending the KMC Section
14.22.010 - Land Use Table. Concurrently, at their January 9, 2025 meeting, and in accordance
with KMC 1.95.010 Duties and Powers, the Airport Commission also reviewed the proposed
ordinance amending the KMC Section 14.22.010 - Land Use Table.
In May 2016, Kenai City Council enacted the Airport Light Industrial (ALI) zone and subsequently
rezoned fifty-one (51) city owned parcels within the Airport Reserve Boundary to the new ALI
zone. During this rezoning process, it was not noted that Airports were only considered a principal
permitted use in the Conservation zone, which is what the Kenai Municipal Airport was zoned
prior to 2016. This amendment to the KMC is generally administrative in nature and is necessary
to align the zoning code to current land uses in and around the Airport to clarify the type of
development sought for future economic investments.
The commissions both recommended Council enact the ordinance.