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Homer, Alaska
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M E M O R A N D U M 08-51
TO: MAYOR HORNADAY AND HOMER CITY COUNCIL
WALT
WREDE, CITY MANAGER
FROM: BETH MCKIBBEN,
DATE:
SUBJECT: Ordinance
08-XX, Of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Amending Homer City Code,
Chapter 21.32 by adding a new section entitled “dormitory” and amending Chapter
21.48, Central Business District, Chapter 21.49, General Commercial 1 and
Chapter 21.50 General Commercial 2 by adding dormitory as a permitted use
Introduction:
Proposed Ordinance 08-XX was
introduced at the City Council meeting on
Discussion:
The proposed ordinance creates a definition
of a new use –dormitory. It then adds
dormitories as a permitted use in the CBD, GC1 and GC2 districts. The Commission requested staff provide
examples of other dormitory definitions and specifically requested examples
that were more academic in nature. Further the commission considered the
proposed use as permitted outright and conditionally permitted.
No one testified at the public hearing. Frank Griswold did comment at a previous City
Council meeting.
The Commission recommends adoption of the
ordinance with the following amendments:
o Delete “without private sanitation
facilities (e.g. toilets, showers, or baths)”
o Insert the word “living” after residential
and before purposes
- Delete the word “weekly” and replace with “monthly or
pre-arranged”
- Delete the last sentence “A dormitory for students may be included
as part of an educational institution.”
If the Council adopts all the HAPC
recommended amendments the definition would read as follows:
“21.35.150 Dormitory means a building or portion
of a building that provides one or more rooms used for residential living
purposes by a number of individuals that are rented or hired out for more than
nominal consideration on a monthly or pre-arranged basis. A building or
structure that provides such rooms on less than a weekly basis will be
classified as a hotel or motel, rooming house, or other more suitable
classification. Dormitory excludes hotel/motel, shelter for the homeless, and
bed and breakfast.”
The HAPC would like Council to be aware that
the Commission struggled with the length of stay and the terminology. One of their concerns is that the dormitory
could be used by traveling students (such as elementary/middle school field
trips from other communities) or sports teams as temporary housing for less
than a week, but still maintain the residential character. The idea being that a dormitory is longer
term and more residential than a hotel/motel.
The Commission considered the use of
dormitory as a permitted outright use or a conditional use in the CBD, GC1 and
GC2 districts. They did not recommend
any changes to the proposed ordinance as to how dormitory would be permitted.
Recommendation:
The Homer Advisory Planning Commission
recommends the Homer City Council adopt the ordinance with the recommended
amendments.
Attachments:
1. Minutes HAPC
2. Unapproved Minutes HAPC
3. Unapproved Minutes HAPC April 2. 2008
4. SR 08-35 with attachments
5. SR 08-38 with attachments
- Examples of dormitory definitions
- Copy of email from Rick Foster to Beth McKibben re:
time frame