Christine Schmidt
23:32 - 23:55
"We're asking you to deny this permit because this business use, transient lodging, is incompatible with our neighborhood's single-family residential use and exclusive use, which has been in effect since the late 1960s."
“We're asking you to deny this permit because this business use, transient lodging, is incompatible with our neighborhood's single-family residential use and exclusive use, which has been in effect since the late 1960s.”
- Speaker
- Christine Schmidt
- Timestamp
- 23:32 – 23:55
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
- Captured at
- October 14, 2026
From the transcript
Christine Schmidt, 513 Ash Avenue. We are asking— I submitted a letter and documents to the packet. Um, please consider those. We're asking you to deny this permit because this business use, transient lodging, is incompatible with our neighborhood's single-family residential use and exclusive use, which has been in effect since the late 1960s. First, the applicants have not supported their application with evidence.
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