Planning

Plan Valdez

The City of Valdez has adopted a new comprehensive plan. 

Download the final plan here.

The Planning Department is currently working to revise the City of Valdez Zoning Code. Learn more here.

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Planning Department Responsibilities

The Planning Department is responsible for a wide array of activities and services to assist the community, including:

  • Allotting environmental permits for municipal projects
  • Administering planning and zoning, including:
    • Conditional uses 
    • Variances and exceptions
    • Zoning maps
    • Zoning reviews
  • Being a community information and resource library
  • Building and construction plan reviews, permitting, and inspections.
  • Enforcing and abating building and zoning code violations.
  • Handling business registrations for commercial businesses, home occupations, and itinerant vendors.
  • Mapping all elements of the community from land to streets to addresses to infrastructure.
  • Regulating subdivisions and platting.
  • Serving as staff liaison department to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Management Responsibilities

The Planning Department is also responsible for managing:

Resources

  1. Kate Huber

    Planning Director

  2. Planning Department

    Physical Address
    212 Chenega Ave.
    P.O. Box 307
    Valdez, AK 99686

    Phone: : (907) 834-3401
    Fax: : (907) 834-3420

    Hours
    Monday - Friday
    8:30 am - 12:00 pm
    1:00 pm - 5:00 pm