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Hearing officer approves lot-line realignment in Taurus Heights subdivision
Summary
An administrative hearing approved a quick-plat to realign a common lot line in Taurus Heights, creating two parcels of about 2 and 2.25 acres, and added a condition removing an erroneous access restriction note.
An administrative hearing officer approved a quick-plat to realign a lot line in the Taurus Heights Subdivision, First Edition, during a March 6 administrative hearing of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The approval, for RP014-25, realigns the common lot line between Lots 2 and 3, Block 2, creating two parcels of roughly 2 acres and 2.25 acres and was granted with four conditions including removal of a plat note restricting access.
The approval matters because the application, submitted by 3 Tier Alaska on behalf of the John H. Theese Trust, did not increase the number of lots and qualified as a quick plat under borough rules limiting relines that result in no more than four lots. Zachariah Lee, community planning staff, told the hearing that staff recommended approval with three conditions and three findings of fact; Hearing Officer Kellen Spillman added a fourth condition requiring deletion of plat note number 3 from the final plat.
Lee said the application “does not create a new violation of this title or any other FNSB title” and described the site as accessible from Zuckerman Drive and Torres Road. Lee also identified the file as a quick plat because the proposed change is a movement or elimination of lot lines resulting in no more than four lots and said the original lots were created by Plat No. 20071. No members of the public signed up to testify.
Ryan Hunt, representing the applicant, said concerning the questioned plat note, “we can simply eliminate that. No problem.” Hunt and the owner’s representative, identified in the record as Mr. Theese, confirmed the note was boilerplate and should be removed. Spillman instructed that the final plat must be prepared by a registered land surveyor and submitted to the community planning department within 24 months or preliminary approval becomes void, and he noted appeals of the decision must be filed in writing with the borough clerk’s office within 10 working days.
The hearing officer stated he believed “all provisions of Title 17 are met, with those added conditions,” and there was no additional testimony. With staff’s findings and the added condition to remove plat note number 3, Spillman approved the quick-plat request. The administrative hearing adjourned at about 10:08 a.m.
