Planners say hundreds of lakefront structures are in violation of a 1987 rule banning construction within 75 feet of any waterway in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
PALMER — Mat-Su officials are weighing a rule change that would eliminate a building buffer around lakes in place for more than 30 years to protect salmon and prevent waterway pollution.
But in Mat-Su, where there is no required building permit process and little code enforcement due to low staffing, hundreds of structures have been illegally built within the setback, borough officials say. The law does not apply to structures built before 1987, when the current rule was put in place. The proposed change would apply to construction on lakes only.
The new committee’s formation was sponsored by DeVries at the request of assembly member Rob Yundt, a contractor whose district includes Wasilla.Because home inspections are likely to note setback violations, the current rule prevents property owners from selling or doing major renovations that require financing, sometimes unfairly, Yundt said Tuesday.
An ordinance introduced in January would have grandfathered into compliance all illegal structures built on lakes within the setback and allowed new structures within the zone so long as they were given the OK by a structural engineer and approved by the borough. That proposal was met with a public outcry and rejected by the borough’s fish and wildlife and planning commissions.
By ordinance, the new setback panel includes representatives from the borough’s fish and wildlife and planning commissions; the Mat-Su salmon habitat partnership; two stormwater abatement experts; the homebuilder or mortgage industry; and three at-large members.
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