FAMILY FUN – Crystal Johns holds her son Zayne , 2, as she follows her son Ezekiel, 4, up an inflatable slide Saturday at Xoots Elementary School during the annual Spring Carnival. The event included games, prizes, cotton candy, and karaoke. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Planning Panel Approves Rental, Subdivision Items
By Sentinel Staff
The Sitka Planning Commission Wednesday night approved a preliminary plat for a minor subdivision on Shotgun Alley and a conditional use request for a short-term rental on Halibut Point Road.
The commission took care of a short agenda in short order, meeting for only about a half hour, at Centennial Hall.
The first item, a request for a minor subdivision filed by Lisa Busch and David Lubin, would create a new lot at 213 Shotgun Alley in the single-family low density zoning district. The new lot would meet the 15,000-square-foot minimum lot size requirement for that zone.
The couple plans on building a small house on the newly created lot. The un-subdivided lot currently has a house on it which the couple rents out. Lisa Busch spoke at the meeting, explaining that constructing a house on the new lot would not require variances or conditional use requests. Busch noted that a house once occupied the site on which they plan to build.
A neighbor, Frances Brann, attended the meeting and expressed support. A letter from another neighbor, also in support of the subdivision, was read by Planner Amy Ainslie. Commission members Taylor Colvin, Victor Weaver, Chris Spivey and Randy Hughey all voted in favor of the proposal.
The panel also unanimously passed a request for creating a short-term rental at 3106 Halibut Point Road, which is in an R-1 zone. The house is owned by David Lambdin. He and his attorney, Denton Pearson, attended the meeting and spoke about the proposal. They said Lambdin, who is retired, will continue to live in the three-bedroom house and rent out extra rooms in order to help pay his mortgage.
Before adjourning, commission chairman Spivey noted that the meeting was the last one for Colvin, whose term expired, and thanked him for his service.
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April 2004
Photo caption: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with students in Karoline Bekeris’ fourth-grade class Thursday at the Westmark Shee Atika. From left are Murkowski, Kelsey Boussom, Laura Quinn and Memito Diaz.
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April 1974
A medley of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar” will highlight the morning worship service on Palm Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Musicians will be Paige Garwood and Karl Hartman on guitars; Dan Goodness on organ; and Gayle Erickson on drums.