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Kenai staff proposes moving technical subdivision standards to road design manual to speed updates
Summary
City planning staff presented edits to Title 14 that would shift technical road, sidewalk and utility specifications into a separate Kenai Road Design Manual and clarify timelines for council review of vacations; commissioners asked staff to clarify stream protections and public-notice language.
Kenai planning staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 10 that they want to move detailed technical standards for subdivisions out of Kenai Municipal Code (Title 14) and into a new Kenai Road Design Manual they say will be easier to update as engineering practice changes.
Director Kevin Buettner said the proposed edits would replace prescriptive code language — for example, specific pavement widths and sidewalk construction details — with a reference to the draft road design manual and…
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