Anchorage muni board approving subdivision plats, replats, vacations, and rights-of-way adjustments.
Anchorage clears a substation plat on quake-prone Port ground
The Anchorage Platting Board approved splitting Port of Alaska land and rerouting Terminal Road for a new Chugach Electric substation on ground the municipality maps as high or very high risk for earthquake-induced ground failure, with no soils report in the application file and no public comment from 553 mailed notices.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Port of Alaska advances a new substation to power its next cranes
The Anchorage Platting Board on Wednesday approved splitting a Port of Alaska tract, listed at 606.95 acres on the preliminary plat, and realigning part of the Terminal Road right-of-way westward. The action clears a land-use step for a new Chugach Electric substation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage board weighs dropping a shared-driveway rule for two Lake Otis lots
A 2019 Anchorage Traffic Department memo that pushed Drake Subdivision driveways off Lake Otis Parkway and onto Merganser Avenue resurfaces as backup in a new plat case the Platting Board hears Wednesday, Sept. 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Port of Alaska seeks road realignment for Chugach Electric substation
The Port of Alaska wants to vacate part of the 80-foot Terminal Road right-of-way and rededicate it westward so Chugach Electric can build a substation. Planning staff recommend approval, and the Anchorage Platting Board hears the case Wednesday, Sept. 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage board vacates a Glen Alps public easement the city paid $130K to acquire
The Anchorage Platting Board vacated a public-use easement in Glen Alps to allow a home, over objections the city was giving up access it paid $130,000 to acquire.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Platting Board to weigh Girdwood plat note removal Aug. 5
Anchorage planning staff recommend removing a vegetation screening note from the plat for a 0.83-acre lot at 116 Kami Circle in Girdwood, freeing buildable ground for multifamily housing. The Platting Board is scheduled to take up the request Aug. 5.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
A Knik Arm bridge easement survives — and so does the debate
The Anchorage Platting Board kept a Knik Arm Crossing easement on a Port of Alaska plat, preserving the option for a long-debated bridge linking Anchorage and the Mat-Su.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Platting Board to weigh Canyon Road trail easement vacation
The Anchorage Platting Board is scheduled to hear a contested request July 1 to vacate a public trail easement near Chugach State Park, with Planning staff recommending approval despite six public comments against it and a Glen Alps Community Council resolution in opposition.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A Corner of the Port of Anchorage Is Becoming a Park
The Anchorage Platting Board is scheduled July 1 to hear a staff-recommended preliminary plat that would divide a 48-acre heavy-industrial parcel at the Don Young Port of Alaska into two tracts, one of which the Assembly has already dedicated as municipal parkland for Government Hill.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readAI
The Eklutna Gathering Center cleared Platting Board approval after 30 years
The Eklutna Gathering Center, a 30-year project by the Native Village of Eklutna and Eklutna Inc., cleared Anchorage Platting Board approval Tuesday
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage zoning board to review variance criteria changes
The Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals will review a draft ordinance Thursday amending how Anchorage evaluates dimensional variances and minor modifications, potentially changing standards property owners must meet for setback exceptions.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min readAI