The new rules expand where accessory dwelling units can be built across Anchorage, and remove a requirement that the homeowner live on the lot.
Not enough of them are being built to meet city plans that call for 1,000 new ones by 2040, city officials say.The new rules will help change that, said Meg Zaletel, an Assembly member for Midtown.Anchorage’s average home price rose to a record $456K, but higher interest rates are starting to cool the market“This will reduce barriers to making them happen and it opens up opportunities to a lot more property owners in the municipality,” she said.
• Keeping the maximum height at 25 feet for units in the Anchorage Bowl, except those above garages, which can now reach 30 feet. “I’m not the spring chicken I used to be,” he said. “So I built it for family purposes. I didn’t know if in the future my kids or in-laws might be in there. But right now, it makes good sense to rent it out and make a few dollars on it.”The Rogers Park council wanted the Assembly to approve shorter height limits, in line with Lower 48 cities, and new limits on where the accessory dwellings can be built on lots, Mjos said.
Pease said accessory dwellings are a powerful tool that can help lower- and middle-income individuals buy and keep a home, since they’ll have a steady income stream on their property. But under the new rule, they might “have to compete with larger investors who can buy out struggling homeowners and create two rentals on a property,” she said.
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