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Hearing approves Beaver Pond replat; hearing officer tightens access note and adds net-lot-area requirement
Summary
The borough approved SD009-25 (Beaver Pond-2 Subdivision), realigning a lot line to create two parcels of about 3.84 and 1.87 acres, with an amended access restriction barring direct lot access to Chena Hot Springs Road and a new condition requiring net lot area to exclude the road access easement on the final plat.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough hearing on March 20 approved SD009-25, Beaver Pond-2 Subdivision, a replat that realigns the common lot line between Tracts B1 and D1 of McKee Subdivision to create two lots of approximately 3.84 acres and 1.87 acres.
Zachary Lee, community planning staff, presented the staff report and recommended approval with five conditions, noting that the request qualifies as a quick plat because it moves or eliminates lot lines without increasing the number of lots and that it is exempt from Title 17 design and public improvement requirements. Lee highlighted a carried-over parent-plat access note prohibiting direct lot access onto Chena Hot Springs Road.
Applicant representative Nils Degerland described site features and existing access configurations; during discussion Degerland said a gated driveway easement to the east exists but is not currently in use. Borough natural resources staff — cited in the record by planning staff — reported they have no record of a driveway easement for the parcel to the east.
The hearing officer amended staff’s proposed condition 3 to read that note 7 from the parent plat shall be carried over and revised to add “direct lot access directly from the subject lots onto Chena Hot Springs Road is prohibited.” The hearing officer also added a new condition 6 requiring that the “net lot area of each parcel shall be listed on the final plat not to include the Chena Hot Springs Road access easement.” After those amendments, the hearing officer approved the request with six conditions and adopted the staff findings of fact A through C. As with the previous item, 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; appeals are available in writing through the borough clerk within 10 working days.
During the hearing, the hearing officer sought clarity on whether an easement from an adjacent parcel would constitute “direct lot access,” and staff recommended clarifying language so the prohibition applies to direct access “from the subject lots.” No public testimony was offered on the case; the approval was announced orally by the hearing officer and no roll-call vote appears in the hearing record.
