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Work Session
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May 14, 2025
Kenai Planning & Zoning Commission –
Work Session
May 14, 2025 ꟷ 5:30 PM
Kenai City Council Chambers
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska
www.kenai.city
**Telephonic/Virtual Info Below **
Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
B. INTRODUCTION – Planning & Zoning Director, Kevin Buettner
C. COMMISSION DISCUSSION – Conditional Use Permits
D. PUBLIC COMMENT (limited to 3 minutes per individual)
E. ADJOURNMENT
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of
resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s Office or outside the Council Chamber prior
to the meeting. For additional information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
Registration is required to join the meeting remotely through Zoom. Please use the link below to
register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UP9WMLxuTmi_ikHiaeBeTA
PLANNING &
ZONING
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
WORK SESSION
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT & DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
The City of Kenai seeks to ease the development of businesses throughout the city, and also recognizes the need
for safeguards for residents, existing businesses, and public safety
One mechanism to allow for development has been the Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) process, which allows for
uses that are not permitted by right, but are permitted subject to certain conditions once approved by the
Planning & Zoning Commission
Planning & Zoning staff monitor active CUPs, in accordance with KMC 14.20.150.
In areas with high numbers of CUPs, staff looked into the type and longevity of the CUPs
In areas with higher numbers of similar CUPs, existing development may no longer conform to the zoning of the district as it
was intended
KENAI CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
CONDITIONAL USES
0
50
100
150
200
250
Residential Commercial Industrial Public/Misc.
Principal Conditional Not Permitted Secondary
CONDITIONAL USES
Current Land Use Table: 549 Conditional Uses
308 Permitted Land Uses
362 Non-Permitted Land Uses
CONDITIONAL USES
Marijuana
9%
RV Parks
8%
Guides/Lodging/Cabins
24%
PUDs
9%Residential
11%
Child Care/Schools
5%
Natural Resources
17%
Mixed Use
16%
Restaurants/Others
1%
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
92 Active CUPs
~25% of all CUPs relate to lodging/cabin rentals/guides
~25% of all CUPs relate to natural resource extraction
or marijuana
11% are residential
Larger developments or # of units
MOUTH OF KENAI RIVER, CANNERY, & BRIDGE ACCESS
Current Proposed
Rezone parcel 04910134 to Working Waterfront (10.24 acres)
& extend conservation area north of cannery
Large mostly city-owned parcels west of Bridge Access and north/northwest of the cannery are in the
floodplain
Conservation maintains these parcels as open space and allow for the existing landing strip (privately
owned)
Development on mudflats or estuary (even if built above the Base Flood Elevation) would be subject to
destruction through ice dams, earthquakes/soil liquefaction, and/or tsunamis
Parcels south of the proposed conservation lands have CUPs for Condominiums, Restaurant, Bar, Food
Vendors, Commercial Recreation, Bakery, RV Park, Cabin Rentals, Lodges, Assemblies, & Planned Use
Development (60-unit)
All but RV Parks are allowable in Working Waterfront, RV Parks are still a conditional use
Working Waterfront would mimic the opposite side of the river along Bridge Access Road
JUSTIFICATION
REDOUBT AVE
Current Proposed
Six-unit developments for senior citizens and low-income residents have been developed and more are
planned for construction
Kenaitze has acquired land and is planning larger-scale development
Land uses immediately along the north side of Redoubt Avenue have been more dense in nature than
surrounding development
Potential expansion of housing developments may require allowing smaller lot sizes
JUSTIFICATION
ANGLER DRIVE
Current Proposed
Potential area for rezoning?
RR-1
Working Waterfront
Starting with two Conditional Use Permits in 1988, and increasing significantly through the 2000’s the
area along Angler Drive now has 21 active Conditional Use Permits
Guide Services = 9
Lodge = 6
Bed & Breakfast = 2
Cabin Rental = 2
Hotel = 1
Private RV Park = 1
JUSTIFICATION
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?
Kevin Buettner, AICP, LEED AP, CNU-A
Planning Director, City of Kenai
kbuettner@kenai.city
907-283-8235 (office)
907-971-0867 (mobile)
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION & POSTING
I, Beth McDonald, Planning Administrative Assistant of
the City of Kenai, do hereby certify that on the 25th day of
April, 2025, I electronically mailed or caused to be
published the foregoing Notice of Meeting to the
Peninsula Clarion and requested that this Notice be
published in the May 2, 2025 edition of their newspaper.
On the 9th day of May, 2025, the full meeting agenda was
also posted at Kenai City Hall and on the internet at
www.kenai.city.
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Beth McDonald
Planning Administrative Assistant