Jason Norris
55:50 - 56:33
"if we're saying that, well, they could just redesign it to have a smaller floor plate, then I think that that's going to force a lot of redesign, and they may not be able to actually make it commercially viable. And the applicant is saying they're going to have 3 units of commercial with 3 units of residential on top. I don't think that we can just flippantly say that this would be perfectly fine if you just take that 8-foot chunk out."
“if we're saying that, well, they could just redesign it to have a smaller floor plate, then I think that that's going to force a lot of redesign, and they may not be able to actually make it commercially viable. And the applicant is saying they're going to have 3 units of commercial with 3 units of residential on top. I don't think that we can just flippantly say that this would be perfectly fine if you just take that 8-foot chunk out.”
- Speaker
- Jason Norris
- Timestamp
- 55:50 – 56:33
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Girdwood
- Captured at
- July 10, 2026
From the transcript
And if we're saying that, well, they could just redesign it to have a smaller floor plate, then I think that that's going to force a lot of redesign, and they may not be able to actually make it commercially viable. And the applicant is saying they're going to have 3 units of commercial with 3 units of residential on top. I don't think that we can just flippantly say that this would be perfectly fine if you just take that 8-foot chunk out. I don't know how that would affect the viability of the structure itself, and I haven't heard a good argument that it would be fine if you did. So I, I think that the petitioner is in good faith presenting something that works within the district toward the intent of the district.
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