Courtney Bringhurst
62:44 - 63:15
“there were some changes that we made with widening the street from 50 to 60-foot right-of-way within city limits, as well as providing some new restrictions for dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs”
- Speaker
- Courtney Bringhurst
- Timestamp
- 62:44 – 63:15
- Transcript
- Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
From the transcript
Then it just clarifies the formal preliminary plat review process that the city has been already utilizing, but that wasn't detailed in code. It adds in requirements for construction plans as well as drainage plans, which were required in the past but weren't detailed anywhere. It also adds in utility access and easement standards, which also were a general requirement with all plats and subdivisions, but once again wasn't, wasn't detailed. Um, it expands slightly the street construction standards, and there, there were some changes that we made with widening the street from 50 to 60-foot right-of-way within city limits, as well as providing some new restrictions for dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs. The commission remembers that, as well as providing requirements for pedestrian improvements within the subdivisions such as streets or widened right-of-ways, paved right-of-ways.
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