Elizabeth Appleby

Anchorage planning commission backs 2027 capital budget with $88 million bond request

Anchorage commission backs code change so Centennial campground and Russian Jack greenhouse fit park zoning

Anchorage planners ask commission to triple setback threshold director can approve alone

Anchorage zoning board approves setback variance for Chandalar Drive home

Anchorage zoning board backs letting director approve bigger setback fixes without a hearing

A housing-zoning fix has stalled for months before Anchorage's appeals board

Anchorage's planning director could approve bigger encroachments alone

“So it increases the threshold for minor modifications. So those are essentially encroachments that the director can approve that don't go to this board. Right now, the threshold is a 5% encroachment.”

Anchorage approves a Muldoon Road marijuana store, over a dispute about how close it sits to a playground

Girdwood's park plans would move to Anchorage's standard public review

“It would clarify the review process for park master plans in the Turnagain Arm area.”

On Aurora Street, water mains are in but the sewer stops short

“AWWU sanitary sewer is not available to this parcel.”

Girdwood's parks plan eyes land its own housing plan wanted for homes

A Corner of the Port of Anchorage Is Becoming a Park

“Elizabeth I. Appleby, AICP, Manager & Platting Officer, Planning Department, Current Planning Division”

Anchorage zoning board postpones variance threshold changes

Urban Design Commission splits on apartment buffer variance