Alex Strawn
21:21 - 21:31
“So, So given that, we have a total of 763 structures that met that criteria of being likely illegal.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 21:21 – 21:31
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
Um, we did a— when all of this was happening a few years ago, we did sort of a GIS analysis. We took building footprint data from our, our LiDAR And then we, we kind of culled out anything less than 480 square feet and, and then, and then identified any building footprint over 480 square feet that was within 75 feet of a water body. And then we took assessments data and got the year built. And if it was built after 1987, we considered it very highly likely to be not legal. So, So given that, we have a total of 763 structures that met that criteria of being likely illegal.
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