The Hillside District Plan

The Hillside District Plan (HDP) is a Municipality of Anchorage study with the goal of establishing sound public policy that reflects the vision of residents and landowners for future Hillside growth. The plan will address specific issues such as residential densities, water and sewer service, drainage, roads, trails and open space. The Hillside District Plan will provide more specificity for land use and public services than what is outlined in the Anchorage 2020 Comprehensive Plan. It will also replace the Hillside Wastewater Management Plan.

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Public Comment Period Further Extended

The public comment period has been extended to July 6, because the comment submittal website was not functioning correctly on July 1 (the original date extension for comments). To submit your comments, please go to the Planning Department’s Cases Online website (case number 2009-090).

Planning & Zoning Commission Hearing

REMINDER: The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the draft plan on Monday, June 15, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers of the Z.J. Loussac Library.

Comment on the newly released Public Hearing Draft

The Municipality of Anchorage and their consultants have released the Public Hearing Draft in response to the concerns raised in comments on the Public Review Draft Hillside District Plan (see below for comments). Hard copies will not be available until May 11. They may be picked up at the MOA Planning Department offices at that time.

The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) will hold a Public Hearing on the draft plan on Monday, June 15, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers of the Z.J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street.

The Municipality and the Planning Team want to hear your views on the Public Hearing Draft. Comments are due by June 15, 2009.   Comments may be submitted in any of the following ways:

  1. Mail to the Planning Department, Municipality of Anchorage, P.O. Box 196650, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6650;
  2. Fax to 907.343.7927;
  3. Hand-deliver to the Planning Department in the Planning and Development Center at 4700 Elmore Road, Anchorage; 
  4. Submit through the Planning Department’s Cases Online website (case number 2009-090); or
  5. Provide testimony in person at the meeting. 

Comments need to be submitted to the Planning Department by noon, Thursday, June 4, 2009 in order to be included in the staff packet delivered to the Commission before the meeting. Please contact the Planning Department at 907.343.7921 if you have questions regarding the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing.

It is expected that the Commission review and approval process will require more than one meeting, so please check back here or contact the Planning Department at 907.343.7921 for more information.

Thank You for Comments on the Public Review Draft!

Thank you to all those who submitted comments and inquiries about the Public Review Draft Hillside District Plan. We've heard a variety of views on different subjects, all of which help make this a better document.

We have compiled and summarized the comments received on the Public Review Draft Hillside District Plan:

  1. notes from the October 27 public workshop (92 KB)
  2. summary of public comments (78 KB)
  3. full public comments (5.52 MB)
  4. summary of comments received from State Agencies and Municipal Departments (67 KB)

The next version of the Hillside District Plan will be the Public Hearing Draft, which will go before the Planning and Zoning Commission for review. The Municipality and their consultants will prepare the Public Hearing Draft, considering the comments received on the Public Review Draft. The Public Hearing Draft will include an appendix describing changes made to the previous draft, including a general response to public comments received by category. If your comment/question is not fully addressed by this summary response, please contact Heather Stewart (907-222-5424), who will either try to answer your question or connect you with someone who can better speak to the issue.

The public will be invited to comment on the Public Hearing Draft of the plan. Comments on that document will be compiled and a specific response given to each comment received.

Thanks again for your comments on the Public Review Draft Hillside District Plan.

Anchorage Daily News Article on the Hillside District Plan

The Anchorage Daily News recently printed an article on the Hillside District Plan. Read it here.

New Transportation Alternatives Report Available

An updated Transportation Alternatives Report, the Transportation and Trails supplement to the Hillside Framework Plan, is now available.

Summary of Stakeholder Meetings

At the workshops, a Summary of Stakeholder Meetings (103 KB) was requested. This document summarizes the meetings that Planning Team members have had with various individuals and HDP stakeholder groups.

Pilot Watershed Drainage Plan Available

The Executive Summary of the Pilot Watershed Drainage Plan for Little Rabbit and Little Survival Creeks is available. For the entire document (13 mb), please contact Mel Langdon at the MOA.

Listen to NPR's Report about Conservation Subdivisions

Day to Day, March 26, 2008 – "Conservation Subdivisions," a new type of building plan, are emerging in more than 20 states. The layout permanently preserves open space by building houses close together on small lots. Demand for these subdivisions is outpacing traditional developments 2 to 1. Are Conservation Subdivisions the solution?

Commercial on the Hillside - a photo essay by John Weddleton

Citizen Advisory Committee member John Weddleton put together this online photo essay exploring the issue of commercial uses on the Hillside.