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Skagway committee weighs changes to setback rules to legalize some preexisting structures
Summary
The Civic Affairs Committee reviewed proposed amendments to Ordinance 24-09 that would allow some preexisting, nonconforming structures to be legalized if they are not life-safety hazards. Members urged legal review and state fire-marshal input and did not take a final vote.
Assemblymember Potter, chair of the Civic Affairs Committee, led a review on December 10 of proposed amendments to Ordinance 24-09 that would relax setback requirements and create a process for legalizing preexisting nonconforming structures.
The proposed red-line changes, Potter said, largely borrow language from the Municipality of Juneau and the Municipality of Anchorage and would allow an existing nonconforming structure to be ‘‘grandfathered in’’ if it is determined not to be a life-safety hazard by a building official or a delegated authority. Potter said Anchorage’s approach uses as-built surveys and, when needed, a fire-department site inspection to make that determination.
Why it matters: Committee members framed the draft as a way to give owners of older…
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