Jonathan Lang
17:01 - 17:54
"in, uh, the approval criteria, criteria A, it says, uh, physical circumstances such as uniquely lot geometry, surveying errors, and those other circumstances. Um, would staff be willing to accept an amendment to say surveying and construction errors? As a surveyor, I find errors that the builders make all the time, like not following the stakes that I set or building without getting a survey, and then the survey discovers the errors... I think adding in surveying or construction errors would give us a little more flexibility also in understanding the nature of the situation."
“in, uh, the approval criteria, criteria A, it says, uh, physical circumstances such as uniquely lot geometry, surveying errors, and those other circumstances. Um, would staff be willing to accept an amendment to say surveying and construction errors? As a surveyor, I find errors that the builders make all the time, like not following the stakes that I set or building without getting a survey, and then the survey discovers the errors... I think adding in surveying or construction errors would give us a little more flexibility also in understanding the nature of the situation.”
- Speaker
- Jonathan Lang
- Timestamp
- 17:01 – 17:54
- Source
- Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 11, 2026
From the transcript
Hi, Mr. Lang. Uh, through the chair, Ms. Appleby, in, uh, the approval criteria, criteria A, it says, uh, physical circumstances such as uniquely lot geometry, surveying errors, and those other circumstances. Um, would staff be willing to accept an amendment to say surveying and construction errors? As a surveyor, I find errors that the builders make all the time, like not following the stakes that I set or building without getting a survey, and then the survey discovers the errors, but it, uh, Maybe this is me professionally shaming my peers, but yeah, I think adding in surveying or construction errors would give us a little more flexibility also in understanding the nature of the situation.
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