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Assembly defeats proposal to require public notice and hearing for multifamily permits
Summary
A proposed change that would have required notification within 600 feet and a public hearing for multifamily development permits failed after a prolonged debate over housing supply, developer costs and public transparency. The planning commission had voted unanimously not to support the change.
An ordinance that would have required public notice and a public hearing for borough multifamily development permits failed after debate at the Jan. 21 Matanuska‑Susitna Borough Assembly meeting.
The proposal, brought by Assemblymember Tim Hale, would have changed the planning rules so that once planning staff declared a multifamily development application complete, the planning director would notify property owners within 600 feet, advertise the application in the newspaper and hold a public hearing at which the director would sit at the dais to hear testimony and then issue a decision…
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