Juneau's planning commission approved a subdivision plat it rejected in July

The Juneau Planning Commission approved a subdivision plat Tuesday that it had rejected two months earlier, after the Assembly accepted an appeal and sent it back.

Phase IV of the Chilkat Vistas Subdivision would split Tract A1 into seven single-family lots and extend Robbie Road. Three of the seven may include accessory apartments.

The same request fell one vote short in July, at a meeting where residents testified about landslides, cracked foundations and uncontrolled runoff. The Assembly then accepted an appeal of that decision and directed the applicant to resubmit to the commission.

Applicant Michael Heuman proposes extending Robbie Road, which prior settlement and sketch plat materials identify as terminating after the seven lots rather than serving as a public through street. The director's report states that Phase IV meets all development criteria set out in the Richland Manor Settlement Agreement.

Four conditions attach before the plat can be signed: a drainage plan approved by General Engineering, a full set of construction plans approved by the same office, all improvements completed or bonded, and property taxes paid. Drainage is the condition neighbors raised in July.

Chilkat Vistas has come in stages. A 2019 record for Phase I describes a phased major subdivision creating 14 lots and one large tract, and a 2024 notice describes Phase III as 19 single-family lots and two large tracts.