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City Planner Ryan Foster (left) reads out a memorandum as a preview to the planning commission’s discussion on implementing a moratorium for specific conditional use permit applications on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Planning commission forgoes CUP moratorium

The commission will instead address issues with coastal edge lots in the Title 21 revisions.

Delcenia Cosman/Homer News Attendees of the open house event for the draft 2035 comprehensive plan evaluate potential land use maps on Tuesday, Feb. 11<ins>, 2025,</ins> at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Draft comp plan released for review

Public comments on the draft 2035 Homer Comprehensive Plan will be accepted through March 14.

A schematic presented to the Homer City Council on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, shows Doyon, Limited’s planned development at Lighthouse Village, including a pedestrian pathway with two wildlife viewing platforms connecting B Street to the intersection of Kachemak Drive and Homer Spit Road. Screenshot.

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Council approves Doyon rezone, right of way vacation

Doyon’s conditional use permit application for their proposed Lighthouse Village development was approved by the Homer Planning Commission…

A schematic rendering of the southwest view of Doyon, Limited’s revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment design is on display during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council postpones decisions on Doyon rezone, right of way vacation

The Homer City Council will further discuss Memorandum CC-25-028 and Ordinance 25-01 on Feb. 10.

The smaller Homer Education and Recreation Center building, also called HERC 2, is photographed on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City to conduct outreach on proposed recreation site

The Recreation Champions Working Group has narrowed down potential sites for a new recreation facility in Homer.

A schematic site plan of Doyon, Limited’s revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment design is on display during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council to hold public hearing on Doyon rezone

Homer’s Planning Commission previously recommended rezoning 1491 Bay Avenue from rural residential to General Commercial 1.

A local community member walks up Ben Walters Lane on a newly completed sidewalk on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The City of Homer was recently awarded a federal grant for the city’s continued efforts in establishing nonmotorized transportation access. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News file)

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Homer receives federal grant for walkability projects

A DOT grant program awarded $2 million to Homer for nonmotorized infrastructure.

Breezy Berryman addresses the Homer Planning Commission during the public hearing portion of their regular meeting on Jan. 2, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Planning commission recommends studio zoning code amendment

The recommendation will later appear before the City Council, who has the authority to make code amendments

City Planner Ryan Foster (left) reads out a memorandum as a preview to the planning commission’s discussion on implementing a moratorium for specific conditional use permit applications on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Planning commission considers moratorium on conditional use permits

The commission will continue the discussion in January before deciding whether to request City Council sponsorship on an…

Community members examine illustrations of the three proposed growth plans created by the comprehensive plan rewrite project team during a community work session on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Title 21 code rewrite to begin in January

Homer comprehensive plan project leaders updated the city council last month

Doyon representative Zach Dunlap (right) presents the revised application for the Lighthouse Village redevelopment during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Planning commission approves revised Doyon application

Nearly a year after their application first appeared before Homer’s Planning Commission, the conditional use permit for Doyon,…

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Homer reviews growth scenarios at community work session

The work session was hosted by comprehensive plan rewrite project leaders last Tuesday

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Planning commission postpones decision on revised Doyon application

The commission held a special meeting on Oct. 16 on the revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment