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Boards & Commissions​


Technical Advisory Commissions


​​Regulatory/Adjudicatory Boards and Commissions

Planning and Zoni​ng Commission​

A regulatory/adjudicatory commission that develops, reviews, and make recommendations to the Assembly regarding the Comprehensive Development Plan and proposed amendments to Title 21.

Contact:     (907) 343-7943

Meetings:  1st and 2nd Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m.​

                  Assembly Chambers
                  Z.J. Loussac Library
                  3600 Denali Street
                  Anchorage, Alaska 99503​

2026 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

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​Platting Board​

A regulatory/adjudicatory board that implements the comprehensive plan and other plans by enforcing subdivision regulations; conducts public hearings on plat applications and vacation of dedicated public areas.

Contact:     (907) 343-7943

Meetings:  1st Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.

                  Assembly Chambers
                  Z.J. Loussac Library
                  3600 Denali Street
                  Anchorage, Alaska 99503​

2026 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates (updated 1/26/2026)​​

View Agendas/Listen to Meetings ​

Urban Design Comm​ission

The Urban Design Commission is a regulatory/adjudicatory commission which implements the Comprehensive Plan and Title 21.  It has regulatory authority over public facility site plans, landscape plans, and screening along major highways. The Commission also has regulatory authority over requests for sign variances.

Contact:    (907) 343-7943

Meetings:  2nd Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.

                  Assembly Chambers​​
                  Z.J. Loussac Library
                  3600 Denali​ Street
​                  Anchorage, Alaska 99503 

2026 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

View​ Agendas/Listen to Meetings​

​Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals

A regulatory/adjudicatory board that hears requests for variances from zoning regulations and appeals from administrative decisions under Title 21.

Contact:      (907) 343-7943

Meetings:   2nd and 4th Thursday each month, 6:30 p.m.

                   Assembly Chambers​
                   Z.J. Loussac Library
                   3600 Denali Street
                   Anchorage, Alaska 99503

​2026 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates​​

​​ View Ag​endas/Listen to Meetings ​

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To Provide Testimony for All Public Meetings​


When attending remotely:

    1. E-mail PlanningPhoneTestimony@anchorageak.gov by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
    2. Subject Line should read "Phone Testimony."​​​
    3. Provide Name, Phone Number, and Agenda Item Number and Title.
    4. The Secretary will phone you at number provided when case comes up.
    5. One is allowed three (3) minutes to provide testimony on each agenda item; five (5) minutes for group representatives.

Written Comments:

​​1. Provide comments on a board or commission case through Planning Cases Online. 

    • Under "Search," fill in Search for a Planning Application with the case number.​
    • Under "Community Council," choose the council name the case is located in.
      (If the case is not specific to a council, it may not show and using the case number is better.)​       ​

​​2. When Planning Application Status comes up, go to end of "Summary"​ section and click on Submit case comments.

​​*Audio recordings and agendas of the four regulatory/adjudicatory boards and commissions can be downloaded here: View Agendas/Listen to Meetings


Written Comments Submitted After Case Packets Are Finalized

Written comments on cases before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be accepted up until 1:00 p.m. on the last business day (usually a Friday) before the day of a Commission meeting at which the case is being heard. If the applicant or a member of the public wishes to submit comments after 1:00 p.m. on the last business day (usually a Friday) before the day of the meeting at which the case is heard, they must attend the meeting to testify at the public hearing. Any written comments presented at the meeting shall be in accordance with the Late Public Hearing Submittal Policy below.

Effective August 12, 2013

Late Public Hearing Submittal Policy

The Commission may reject the submittal of voluminous information or material amendments from the public at a public hearing.  Maps, graphics, photographs, and no more than two pages of type-written information will be allowed.  In its discretion, the Commission may choose to accept submittal(s) or amendment(s).  If a public commenter insists that the submittal(s) or amendment(s) is critical to the case, the Commission may, in its discretion, postpone the hearing for 30 days in order to allow staff and the Commission to thoroughly review the information.

Effective August 13, 2012




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