| | | | This ordinance would amend the CBJ's existing camping ordinance in by adding a provision designed to prohibit camping on private property in a narrowly defined geographic area in downtown Juneau prohibited. (Camping on public property and rights of way not posted for camping is already prohibited under CBJ code.) The purpose of this amendment is to address an issue raised by business owners in the downtown area who are experiencing a noticeable increase of unauthorized people camping on their property, resulting in a significant increase in refuse and litter and other waste being left behind. This ordinance is not an outright bar as it allows private property owners to grant permission to campers to use their property.
This ordinance would give the CBJ and business owners a tool to minimize the unauthorized camping.
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| | | | The primary purpose of this ordinance is to create a new access option for subdivisions. If approved, the shared private access option would exempt lots in certain subdivisions from the requirement that lots have frontage on a public right of way, and instead allow the lots to be accessed via private shared access located in a private easement. Private shared access ways would be maintained solely by the homeowners.
In August, 2015, the Assembly directed staff to codify the existing practice of allowing shared access. Since then, Community Development staff has been working with the Subdivision Review Committee, a subcommittee of the Planning Commission, the Public Works and Engineering Department, the Fire Department, the Law Department, and the Planning Commission to develop the proposed changes.
On October 25, 2016, the Planning Commission, at a regular public meeting, adopted the analysis and findings listed in the Community Development Department’s staff report and recommended that the City and Borough Assembly adopt staff's recommendation for approval, with changes.
This ordinance was introduced at the November 7, 2016 Assembly meeting and referred to the November 21, 2016 Committee of the Whole meeting. At that meeting it was referred to the January 9, 2017 Committee of the Whole meeting. No date for a public hearing and Assembly action has been set. | |