Boards & Commissions

Regulatory/Adjudicatory Boards and Commissions

• Planning and Zoning Commission*
• Platting Board*
• Urban Design Commission*
• Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals*

Technical Advisory Commissions​

• Geotechnical Advisory Commission  
• Historic Preservation Commission   
• Watershed & Natural Resources Advisory Commission

​Regulatory/Adjudicatory Boards and Commissions

​To provide testimony 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.

​*Audio recordings and agendas of the four regulatory/adjudicatory boards and commissions can be downloaded below.

Planning and Zoning Commission

A regulatory/adjudicatory commission that develops, reviews, and make recommendations to the Assembly regarding the Comprehensive Plan and proposed amendments to Title 21 Land Use Regulations.  Learn more...

Contact:    343-7943

Meetings:  1st and 2nd Monday each month, 6:30 p.m. 
                  in the Assembly Chambers

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

2022 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

2021 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

View Agendas/Listen to Meetings   ​

Planning and Zoning Commission Policies

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:     343-7943

Meetings:  1st Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.
                     in the Assembly Chambers

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

2022 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

2021 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

View Agendas/Listen to Meetings 

Urban Design Commission

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:   343-7943

Meetings:  2nd Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.
                    in the Assembly Chambers

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

2022 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates​

2021 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:      343-7943

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

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

2022 Meeting Schedule & Cut-o​ff Dates

2021 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates

View Agendas/Listen to Meetings 

Technical Advisory Commissions

The technical advisory commissions are holding virtual meetings via Microsoft Teams until further notice.

• Geotechnical Advisory Commission  
• Historic Preservation Commission   
• Watershed & Natural Resources Advisory Commission

Geotechnical Advisory Commission

The Geotechnical Advisory Commission (GAC) acts in an advisory capacity to the Assembly, Mayor, municipal departments, Planning and Zoning Commission, Platting Board, Building Board, Building Safety, and the professional design community by providing professional advice on issues relating to natural hazards risk mitigation.

2021 Meeting Schedule

​View Current Agenda Packet ​(October 26, 2021)

Historic Preservation Commission  

The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) encourages and furthers the interests of historic preservation by identifying, protecting, and interpreting the Municipality’s significant historic and cultural resources for the economic and social benefit of the community.  Learn more...