Colleen Vague
22:20 - 22:53
“neither the IM nor the draft ordinance mentioned using fencing instead of perimeter landscaping for multifamily developments. It appears a requirement for perimeter landscaping is being removed for all multifamily developments, including large-scale ones. Is this really what is best for the communities and neighborhoods.”
- Speaker
- Colleen Vague
- Timestamp
- 22:20 – 22:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
From the transcript
At what point does the entire development become classified as larger scale? Next, does it make sense that a fourplex on the single lot or two duplexes on neighboring lots be exempt from the new drainage and stormwater management requirements? And finally, neither the IM nor the draft ordinance mentioned using fencing instead of perimeter landscaping for multifamily developments. It appears a requirement for perimeter landscaping is being removed for all multifamily developments, including large-scale ones. Is this really what is best for the communities and neighborhoods.
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