Matanuska-Susitna Planning Board approves two preliminary plats; staff says CCR disputes are civil matters

At its Jan. 2 meeting, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Board granted preliminary approval to two residential subdivisions after staff found both plats met borough and state subdivision requirements.

Planning staff recommended approval of the proposed Camelot subdivision, which would create nine lots on about 9.96 acres inside the City of Houston limits, and a second preliminary plat (recorded in the meeting transcript as Alhutten / “Out Hunting”) that would create seven lots on about 10.29 acres. Both approvals were contingent on staff recommendations and findings of fact.

Matthew Goddard, a borough planning technician, summarized the Camelot proposal for the board, saying, “the proposed Camelot subdivision will create 9 lots varying in sizes from 0.92 acres up to 1.13 acres” and that the petitioner had submitted a geotechnical report and traffic estimate. Goddard told the board the lots meet the borough’s minimum usable building-area and septic-area standards and that the proposed internal road does not appear to encroach on a mapped special flood hazard area, but that any work that would enter the floodplain would require additional permitting under MSB 17.29.

Josh Kraft, managing partner of Crafty…