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Planning board approves Forest Song Acres preliminary plat with conditions
Summary
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Board approved a preliminary plat to divide a roughly 10-acre parcel near Bradley Lake into seven lots, contingent on staff recommendations requiring removal or relocation of structures that create setback violations and completion of conditions before recordation.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Board approved the preliminary plat for Forest Song Acres, a proposal to create seven residential lots from property described as the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter, Northeast Quarter, Bradley Lake Subdivision (approximately 10 acres), contingent on meeting the planning staff's seven recommended conditions.
Planning staff said the proposed lots would range from about 1 to 2 acres, would have legal frontage and access from borough-maintained East Bradley Lake Avenue, South Greenjade Place and South Killarney Drive, and that a geotechnical report showed each lot would contain the required usable septic and building areas. Staff also noted several existing or potential setback violations; structures that create those violations must be removed or relocated prior to recordation, a condition listed as Recommendation 4 in the staff report.
The board heard public comment from Janelle Gagnon, who said she lives at 10350 East Bradley Lake Avenue directly across from the proposed subdivision and cited concerns about increased traffic, dust from clearing, ecological impacts, and potential effects on the water table and wells. Gary LaRusso, representing the petitioner (an estate), said the conditions of approval addressed agencies' and staff concerns and emphasized that the planning process establishes lot lines but does not itself build housing.
Board members asked for clarification on a well that appears close to a proposed lot line on Lot 6. Planning staff said private wells have no borough setback requirement so long as they do not encroach on neighboring lots and noted that a surveyor should be able to confirm exact locations. Staff reiterated that any structures causing setback violations must be moved before the plat can be recorded.
A board member moved to approve the preliminary plat "contingent upon the staff recommendations 1 through 7." Another board member seconded. The chair asked for objections and, seeing none, announced the motion passed. The transcript does not record a roll-call or vote tally.
Next steps: the petitioner must satisfy the seven conditions in the staff report, including removal/relocation of structures in violation, completion of any required certifications (including final as-built or survey confirmation), and other items listed in staff recommendations, before the plat will be recorded.
