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The development of Ketchikan over the past century has brought industry, tourism, and population increases. Ketchikan is growing and changing, no longer the small, quaint southeast Alaskan town, but a larger micropolitan with the hustle and bustle of a large city. Throughout this expansion, Pennock Island and Clam Cove residents have strived to maintain their autonomy from Ketchikan and retain their self-sufficient, water-oriented lifestyle.
The Clam Cove neighborhood was defined for the first time in 2005 with the publishing and adoption of the Gravina Island Plan, Clam Cove and Blank Inlet Area (2005 Plan). The 2005 Plan identified the boundaries for the Clam Cove hamlet as extending from the waterfront to the boundaries of the Gravina Island Highway.
The 2005 Plan dictated that before any additional land use zone changes were to occur, a master plan for the Clam Cove area was to be developed to guide the development of the area. The intent was to develop the master plan shortly after the 2005 Plan was completed, however, due to changes in development plans for Gravina Island, the master plan for Clam Cove remained dormant for over ten years.
In 2018, a rezone request surprised Clam Cove residents and property owners. The request awoke the residents and spurred the Department of Planning and Community Development to begin the development of a Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan.
In August 2022, the Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan was adopted by the Planning Commission and Assembly, the final version is available on this site.
This project site will provide updates for projects in the Clam Cove Neighborhood.
The development of Ketchikan over the past century has brought industry, tourism, and population increases. Ketchikan is growing and changing, no longer the small, quaint southeast Alaskan town, but a larger micropolitan with the hustle and bustle of a large city. Throughout this expansion, Pennock Island and Clam Cove residents have strived to maintain their autonomy from Ketchikan and retain their self-sufficient, water-oriented lifestyle.
The Clam Cove neighborhood was defined for the first time in 2005 with the publishing and adoption of the Gravina Island Plan, Clam Cove and Blank Inlet Area (2005 Plan). The 2005 Plan identified the boundaries for the Clam Cove hamlet as extending from the waterfront to the boundaries of the Gravina Island Highway.
The 2005 Plan dictated that before any additional land use zone changes were to occur, a master plan for the Clam Cove area was to be developed to guide the development of the area. The intent was to develop the master plan shortly after the 2005 Plan was completed, however, due to changes in development plans for Gravina Island, the master plan for Clam Cove remained dormant for over ten years.
In 2018, a rezone request surprised Clam Cove residents and property owners. The request awoke the residents and spurred the Department of Planning and Community Development to begin the development of a Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan.
In August 2022, the Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan was adopted by the Planning Commission and Assembly, the final version is available on this site.
This project site will provide updates for projects in the Clam Cove Neighborhood.
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Hi, my name is Tab McNabb. My family and I own the property south of Clam Cove near the Gravina Highway Cul-de-Sac. We love the property and the island and hope to live there soon. My wife has lived as a year-round Ketchikan resident for over thirty years but currently winters in Tennessee. Our sons William Kurtz and Hatch McNabb were born in Ketchikan and attended our schools. William was an athlete and graduate of K-High Class of 2014 and has worked at our family business since he was eleven. He now manages the company along with his high school sweetheart Sherlin Malabanan, who too was born and raised in Ketchikan and is a graduate of K-High. She also helps with her mother’s local small business. We are all very excited about the future of the Clam Cove area and couldn’t be more pleased with the Hamlet Plan for several reasons: First, it protects the seclusion of the existing homeowners with a wide “green” buffer and does not allow “spot rezones” as were approved in the past. Second, it allows for some commercial activity including limited tourism while giving the “neighborhood” and local government say in the scope and nature of any commercial operations. Third, the areas designated as “mixed use” are positioned in locations that have historically been used for industrial, agricultural, and commercial activity like the cedar shingle mill near our place, boat building, beaching and storage of a cruise ship, off-site mining operations, dairy and poultry production, and the construction of a 27 million dollar highway bridge that has yet to have much practical use, to name a few. Last, it will help generate needed economic growth in a number of ways and is consistent with the Borough’s recently launched “community tourism strategy.” My family and I would also like to thank all the folks including the planning department, Clam Cove property owners, and outside agencies who have worked hard to develop a plan that satisfies urgent needs while preserving the “Clam Cove way of life.”
McNabb
about 2 years ago
Page last updated: 11 Aug 2023, 04:00 PM
Lifecycle
Rezone Application Submitted for Property in Clam Cove
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
November 2018
Intiation of Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan Process
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
April 2019
Neighborhood Engagement Process
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
May 2019
Draft Plan Published
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
November 2019
COVID 19 Pandemic - Process Suspended
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
March 2020 - June 2021
Revised Plan Published
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
August 2021
Planning Commission Reviewed Neighborhood Plan
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
October 2021
Assembly Reviewed Neighborhood Plan
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
December 2021. Assembly provided Clam Cove Residents Association 6 months to drafted a revised plan
Assembly Reviewed Resident Association's Plan and held work session
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
June 2022
Planning Commission 2nd Review of Neighborhood Plan
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
July 2022
Assembly 3rd Review of Neighborhood Plan
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
Adoption of Clam Cove Hamlet Neighborhood Plan
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan has finished this stage
Clam Cove Hamlet Neighborhood Plan Implementation
Clam Cove Neighborhood Plan is currently at this stage
Hi, my name is Tab McNabb. My family and I own the property south of Clam Cove near the Gravina Highway Cul-de-Sac. We love the property and the island and hope to live there soon. My wife has lived as a year-round Ketchikan resident for over thirty years but currently winters in Tennessee. Our sons William Kurtz and Hatch McNabb were born in Ketchikan and attended our schools. William was an athlete and graduate of K-High Class of 2014 and has worked at our family business since he was eleven. He now manages the company along with his high school sweetheart Sherlin Malabanan, who too was born and raised in Ketchikan and is a graduate of K-High. She also helps with her mother’s local small business.
We are all very excited about the future of the Clam Cove area and couldn’t be more pleased with the Hamlet Plan for several reasons: First, it protects the seclusion of the existing homeowners with a wide “green” buffer and does not allow “spot rezones” as were approved in the past. Second, it allows for some commercial activity including limited tourism while giving the “neighborhood” and local government say in the scope and nature of any commercial operations. Third, the areas designated as “mixed use” are positioned in locations that have historically been used for industrial, agricultural, and commercial activity like the cedar shingle mill near our place, boat building, beaching and storage of a cruise ship, off-site mining operations, dairy and poultry production, and the construction of a 27 million dollar highway bridge that has yet to have much practical use, to name a few. Last, it will help generate needed economic growth in a number of ways and is consistent with the Borough’s recently launched “community tourism strategy.”
My family and I would also like to thank all the folks including the planning department, Clam Cove property owners, and outside agencies who have worked hard to develop a plan that satisfies urgent needs while preserving the “Clam Cove way of life.”