Abbott Loop rezone drew 223 notices and no comments; hearing is Oct. 6

The lot is 0.27 acres, in the Abbott Loop Manor Subdivision. Rezoning it would allow one more home on it, or close to it. Getting there takes four months of public process.

Merit Homes LLC petitioned to move the parcel from R-5, which permits up to five dwelling units per acre, to R-2D, which permits five to eight. On a quarter-acre lot the difference between those two figures works out to a single dwelling.

The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval July 6, and its own finding called the change "not a largely significant revision in density." The Assembly introduces the ordinance Tuesday. The public hearing follows Oct. 6.

Duplexes are already allowed by right across the Anchorage Bowl's residential zones, under the HOME Initiative the Assembly passed 7-5 in 2024. Both R-5 and R-2D permit single- and two-family housing. What the rezone changes is the density number attached to the parcel.

The Planning Department mailed 223 hearing notices on June 8 and received no comments in return. State and municipal reviewing agencies have no objection. The Abbott Loop Community Council did not weigh in, though in July it forwarded a resolution opposing a different R-5 rezone in the same area.

One practical note sits in the file. The Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility said sewer service reaches the parcel. Water does not.