Alaska Statutes Title 29, Chapter 29.40 - Planning, Platting, and Land Use Regulation

• Sec. 29.40.010 Planning, Platting, and Land Use Regulation.
  (a) A first or second class borough shall provide for planning, platting, and land use regulation on an areawide basis.(b) If a city in...
• Sec. 29.40.020 Planning Commission.
  (a) Each first and second class borough shall establish a planning commission consisting of five residents unless a greater number is required by ordinance....
• Sec. 29.40.030 Comprehensive Plan.
  (a) The comprehensive plan is a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, and maps for guiding the physical, social, and economic development, both private...
• Sec. 29.40.040 Land Use Regulation.
  (a) In accordance with a comprehensive plan adopted under AS 29.40.030 and in order to implement the plan, the assembly by ordinance shall adopt...
• Sec. 29.40.050 Appeals From Administrative Decisions.
  (a) By ordinance the assembly shall provide for an appeal from an administrative decision of a municipal employee, board, or commission made in the...
• Sec. 29.40.060 Judicial Review.
  (a) The assembly shall provide by ordinance for an appeal by a municipal officer or person aggrieved from a decision of a hearing officer,...
• Sec. 29.40.070 Platting Regulation.
  By ordinance the assembly shall adopt platting requirements that may include, but are not limited to, the control of(1) form, size, and other aspects...
• Sec. 29.40.080 Platting Authority.
  (a) The assembly by ordinance shall establish a platting authority to administer subdivision regulations and to perform other duties as required by the assembly....
• Sec. 29.40.090 Abbreviated Plats and Waivers.
  (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the assembly shall by ordinance establish an abbreviated plat procedure for a plat that will(1) subdivide a...
• Sec. 29.40.100 Information Required.
  A plat must show(1) initial point of survey;(2) original or reestablished corners and their descriptions;(3) actual traverse showing area of closure and all distances,...
• Sec. 29.40.110 Plat Procedure.
  (a) The platting authority shall approve or disapprove a plat within 60 days after it is filed, or shall return it to the applicant...
• Sec. 29.40.120 Alteration or Replat Petition.
  A recorded plat may not be altered or replatted except by the platting authority on petition of the state, the borough, a public utility,...
• Sec. 29.40.130 Notice of Hearing.
  The platting authority shall fix a time for a hearing on an alteration or replat petition that may not be more than 60 days...
• Sec. 29.40.140 Hearing and Determination.
  (a) The platting authority shall consider the alteration or replat petition at a hearing and make its decision on the merits of the proposal.(b)...
• Sec. 29.40.150 Recording.
  If the alteration or replat is approved, the revised plat shall be acknowledged, filed, and recorded in accordance with AS 40.15.010 - 40.15.020.
• Sec. 29.40.160 Title to Vacated Area.
  (a) The title to the street or other public area vacated on a plat attaches to the lot or land bordering the area in...
• Sec. 29.40.170 Delegations.
  The planning commission and the platting authority may, as authorized by ordinance, delegate powers to hear and decide cases under this chapter, including, but...
• Sec. 29.40.180 Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties.
  (a) The owner of land located in a subdivision may not transfer, sell, offer to sell, or enter into a contract to sell land...
• Sec. 29.40.190 Civil Remedies and Penalties.
  (a) The municipality or an aggrieved person may institute a civil action against a person who violates a provision of this chapter, a subdivision...
• Sec. 29.40.200 Subdivisions of State Land.
  (a) The subdivision requirements adopted under this chapter apply to a subdivision plat of undeveloped state land for disposal under AS 38.05 or AS...

Last modified: November 15, 2016