Assembly votes for changes to residential construction and design

At its Tuesday meeting, the Anchorage Assembly passed a measure that could change the DNA of housing and neighborhoods across the state’s largest city. The vote came after months of negotiations that have left all sides exasperated, but willing to leave good enough alone.
After 15 years of negotiations connected to Title 21, the city’s building code, just about the only thing everyone agrees on is that it has been a slog.
The ordinance that passed Tuesday, AO-100, is&n