§ 21.66.010. Scope, goals and boundary description.

A.

Scope: The underlying area encompassed by the Downtown Eagle River Overlay District is within either the R-O residential-office district or the B-3 general business district. This chapter superimposes a unique set of supplemental land use restrictions, and implements certain site and architectural design requirements, in support of the community goals established for the Downtown Eagle River Overlay District. Developments within the area designated by this chapter as the Downtown Eagle River Overlay District are required to conform to the requirements of the underlying district and the modifications imposed by the overlay district requirements, as set out in this chapter.

B.

Community goals for the Downtown Eagle River Overlay District:

1.

Create a cohesive town center.

2.

Foster a sense of place as a unique, vibrant business district and community center.

3.

Maintain a small-town character consistent with community values expressed through community meetings.

4.

Promote incremental improvements in a manner that encourages business development and investment without creating additional costs or undue hardship to existing uses and businesses.

5.

Promote residential and commercial development that is distinctive, compatible with the town center of Eagle River, and provides a transition between single-family residential neighborhoods and the commercial core of the town center.

6.

Provide variety and visual interest in the exterior design of residential buildings.

7.

Promote a more pedestrian oriented town center.

8.

Promote commercial and public buildings that reflect a human scale of limited height.

9.

Promote a commercial design vocabulary compatible with our Alaskan setting that can serve as a unifying theme.

10.

Establish alternative local business resources to the Anchorage business community and encourage the development of a local economic base.

C.

Boundary description of district: The Eagle River Overlay District shall encompass the area described within the following bounds, as identified on the Downtown Eagle River Overlay District Boundary Map 21.66-A:

From a point of beginning at the northwest corner of Tract S-1-B of Timber Ridge Units Subdivision, as found on Grid NW0251, proceeding east on the south side of Farm Avenue, crossing the Old Glenn Highway and continuing east along the north property line of lot 1-B, Block 12, Walter G Pippel Subdivision, Addition 2, to the northeast corner of lot 1-B, then proceeding southwest along the eastern boundaries of lots 1-B and 1-A to the intersection with North Eagle River Loop Road, then crossing North Eagle River Loop Road to the northeast corner of lot 7C1 of Block 11, then proceeding southwest along the eastern boundaries of lots 7C1 and 7B2 to the intersection with Hanson Drive, then crossing Hanson Drive to the northeast corner of lot 10 of Block 7, then west along the south side of Hanson Drive to the intersection with the northeast corner of Tract A of the Martin Business Park, then south along the eastern boundary of Tract A to the intersection with Easy Street, then crossing Easy Street to the northwest corner of Lot 12 of Block 5 and then south along the western boundary of lots 12 and 1 of Block 5, crossing Park Place Street and proceeding south along the western boundaries of 1 and 12 of Block 6 to the intersection with Coronado Road, then proceeding east on the south side of Coronado Road to the northwest corner of Lot 5 of the Sunny Slopes Subdivision, then south along the western boundaries of lots 5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26, 35, 36, 47, 48, 49, and 65 to the intersection with Monte Road, then crossing Monte Road to the south side, then proceeding west on Monte Road to the northeast corner of lot 17 of the Dale Briggs Subdivision, then proceeding south along the eastern boundaries of lots 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, and 12 to the intersection with Lynne Drive, then west on Lynne Drive to the Old Glenn Highway, then proceeding south on the west side of Eagle River Elementary School and continuing south along the east side of Eagle River Road to the southwest corner of the Eagle River Elementary School property, then proceeding west across Eagle River Road to the eastern edge of the New Glenn Highway Right-of-Way, then north northwest along the eastern edge of the New Glenn Highway to the intersection with the southwest corner of Tract B-5 of Eagle Glenn South Subdivision, then east to the intersection with Regency Drive, then north across Regency Drive and continuing northwest along the west side of Regency Drive to the southwest corner of Tract B-9, then following the eastern boundary of Tract B-9 north-northeast and east to the southwest corner of Tract B of Timber Ridge, Unit 3, then following the eastern boundaries of Tract B to Tract B's intersection with Tract B-9, then north along the western boundaries of Tract H and Tract R-2 of Timber Ridge, Unit 3, to the intersection with Regency Drive, then crossing Regency Drive to the southwest corner of Tract S-1-B, then proceeding north along the western boundary of Tract S-1-B to the point of beginning at the northwest corner of Tract S-1-B.

(AO No. 2009-26(S), § 1, 7-21-09; AO No. 2009-106, § 1, 7-21-09)