The Anchorage Assembly has updated its land use regulations to allow taller apartments and spur redevelopment and infill in neighborhoods near major transit corridors and the employment centers of Downtown and Midtown.
"How Anchorage will look and feel decades from now is one of the core themes of the city’s new land use regulations, adopted in early 2013 after a decade long rewrite process," reports Devin Kelly.
"Since then, the Anchorage Assembly has made only minor changes to the new regulations. But a package of proposed amendments coming before the Assembly Tuesday represent more significant policy updates, designed to allow taller apartments and spur redevelopment and infill in neighborhoods near major transit corridors and the employment centers of downtown and Midtown."
"The changes, which affect building standards for new apartments, townhouses and condos, come after complaints from developers and architects that the rewritten land use regulations, which took effect Jan. 1, are too burdensome and expensive. City planners also say they unearthed problems while reviewing projects under the rewritten regulations."
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