Board grants second two-year extension for Moonlight Acres First Edition

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Board on April 16 approved a second two-year extension for SD023-19, Moonlight Acres First Edition, allowing the developer additional time to complete Phase 2 construction and finalize a required driveway permit.

Staff member George Stephan reviewed the subdivision’s history: initial preliminary approval was granted May 15, 2019; phase 1 was recorded October 28, 2019; and the planning board approved a modification in 2023 that reduced phase 2 from three lots to two. Stephan told the board the applicant is still working with DOT on paved apron and driveway radii requirements and needs additional time to satisfy permit conditions before filing a final plat.

Applicant representative Jeremy Stark told the board the development is largely constructed and that outstanding work centers on modifications requested by the driveway-permit reviewers. “One of the conditions was to get the DOT driveway permit filed,” Stark said. “They didn't feel like it was adequate as far as the radii. And so they're having to do some modifications to that approach prior to being able to finalize the permit.”

Mr. LaVaughn moved to approve the second two-year time extension for SD023-19 with one condition, adopting the staff report and nine findings of fact. Mr. Pitney seconded; the motion carried 5-0 on a roll-call vote. The extension requires the applicant to submit the final plat by May 15, 2027, or the preliminary approval will lapse.

Staff contact for the item was George Stephan. The board noted appeal rights to the Board of Adjustment, and staff said the original Title 17 conditions remain in force during the extension period.