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Hearing officer approves Pomeroy replat into two lots with four conditions
Summary
The Fairbanks North Star Borough hearing approved SD008-25 (Pomeroy Subdivision), combining three previously waived parcels into two lots of about 30.05 and 10.01 acres; approval carried four conditions including a corrected flood note and a 24-month deadline for final plat filing.
A hearing officer for the Fairbanks North Star Borough on March 20 approved SD008-25, the Pomeroy Subdivision replat, allowing three previously created parcels to be combined into two lots of approximately 30.05 acres and 10.01 acres.
The move, requested by Degerland Engineering on behalf of Michael J. and Janee E. Pomeroy and reviewed by community planning staff, drew a staff recommendation of approval based on Title 17 applicability and the history of the parcels. David Resica, community planning staff, told the hearing that the “parent lots were created by waiver number FWV108-75” and that “there’s no increase in the number of lots, and there’s no new violation of Title 17 or any other title.”
Staff reported that the parcels were originally created by waiver in 1975 and that the current replat does not change existing access arrangements. The two lots will continue to rely on a 30-foot-wide easement corridor that extends north from Rifle Road; staff said the easement arrangement remains as shown and that a private easement reserved for exclusive use of the southeastern parcel has been terminated by merger of ownership interests (shown as a plat note). The staff report also recommended amending a flood-related plat note for greater accuracy.
The hearing officer approved the replat “with 4 conditions adopting the staff report and findings of fact A through C,” and added the requirement that a final plat be prepared by a registered land surveyor and submitted to the Community Planning Department within 24 months or preliminary approval will become void. The hearing officer notified attendees that any action may be appealed in writing to the borough clerk within 10 working days.
The approval was taken after no members of the public signed up to testify; the hearing record shows questions from the hearing officer confirming that the southeastern easement is not public access and that the proposal does not trigger turnaround or other full Title 17 design requirements because the request reduces parcel count from three to two.
The replat record lists the staff contact as David Resica; the applicant’s representative at the hearing was Nils Degerland of Degerland Engineering. The property is located in the Northeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 1 North, Range 1 East, Fairbanks Meridian, on Rifle Road.
