Advisory board recommends stricter lakefront rules, new permit path and fuel‑tank limits for Mat‑Su

Mar 12, 2025

The Water Body Setback Advisory Board recommends keeping a 75‑foot lakefront setback while creating a regulated permit path to build between 45 and 75 feet under engineered controls, along with limits on riparian clearing and requirements for secondary containment of fuel storage near lakes.

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The Water Body Setback Advisory Board presented its recommendations to the Matanuska‑Susitna Borough assembly and planning commission on March 11, urging tighter shore‑line protections while carving a regulated permitting path for limited future development.

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