3 AAC 110.040 - Boundaries

(a) In accordance with AS 29.05.011(a)(2), the boundaries of a proposed city must include all land and water necessary to provide the development of essential municipal services on an efficient, cost-effective level. In this regard, the commission may consider relevant factors, including

(1) land use, subdivision platting, and ownership patterns;

(2) population density;

(3) existing and reasonably anticipated transportation patterns and facilities;

(4) natural geographical features and environmental factors;

(5) extraterritorial powers of cities;

(6) salability of land for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes; and

(7) suitability of the territory for reasonably anticipated community purposes.

(b) To promote the limitation of community, the boundaries of the proposed city

(1) must be on a scale suitable for city government and may include only that territory comprising a present local community, plus reasonably predictable growth, development, and public safety needs during the 10 years following the anticipated date of incorporation; and

(2) may not include entire geographical regions or large unpopulated areas, except if those boundaries are justified by the application of the standards in 3 AAC 110.005 - 3 AAC 110.042 and are otherwise suitable for city government.

(c) Absent a specific and persuasive showing to the contrary, the commission will presume that territory proposed for incorporation that is noncontiguous or that contains enclaves does not include all land and water necessary to allow for the development of essential municipal services on an efficient, cost-effective level.

(d) If a petition for incorporation of a proposed city describes boundaries overlapping the boundaries of an existing organized borough or city, the petition for incorporation must also address and comply with all standards and procedures to alter the boundaries of the existing organized borough or city to remove the overlapping territory. The commission will consider that petition for incorporation as also being a petition to alter the boundaries of the existing borough or city.

Notes

3 AAC 110.040

Eff. 7/3/92, Register 123; am 5/19/2002, Register 162; am 1/9/2008, Register 185

Authority: Art. X, sec. 1,

AS 29.05.011

AS 44.33.812

Ak Const.

Art. X, sec. 3,

Ak Const.

Art. X, sec. 7,

Ak Const.

Art. X, sec. 12,

Ak Const.