Boards & Commissions
Technical Advisory Commissions
Regulatory/Adjudicatory Boards and Commissions
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
2025 Meeting Schedule & Cut-Off Dates
2024 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates
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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: (907) 343-7943
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday each month, 6:30 p.m.
Assembly Chambers
Z.J. Loussac Library
3600 Denali Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
2025 Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates
2024 Revised Meeting Schedule & Cut-off Dates
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
2025 Meeting Schedule & Cut-Off Dates
2024 Revised Meeting Schedule & Cut-Off Dates
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To provide testimony for all public meetings:
When attending remotely:
- E-mail PlanningPhoneTestimony@anchorageak.gov by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
- Subject Line should read "Phone Testimony."
- Provide Name, Phone Number, and Agenda Item Number and Title.
- The Secretary will phone you at number provided when case comes up.
- One is allowed three (3) minutes to provide testimony on each agenda item; five (5) minutes for group representatives.
Written comments:
- 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.)
- 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