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."
“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
- June 15, 2026
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.
Related Coverage
Mat-Su Planning Commission to schedule Eagle River annexation presentation
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission agreed by consensus Monday to schedule a formal informational session and a draft resolution on a proposal to annex Chugiak–Eagle River from Anchorage into Mat-Su, with Planning Director Alex Strawn noting an August assembly deadline if the question is to reach voters.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Mat-Su Planning Commission backs multifamily code overhaul
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission passed Resolution 26-09 on Monday, recommending a rewrite of multifamily development standards to create tiered permitting, tighten drainage and fire access rules, and resolve a longstanding problem with how condo plats are treated under borough code.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read