Chapter 17.18 CHICKALOON SPECIAL LAND USE DISTRICT

(2) “Accessory” as applied to a use or a building or a structure, means customarily subordinate or incidental to, and located on the same lot with a principal use, building or structure.

(3) “Alteration” means any change, addition or modification in the construction, location or use classification of any building, structure or use.

(4) “Area, Lot” means the total area within the property line, including easements but excluding dedicated rights-of-way.

(5) “Automobile wrecking” means the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, and the storage or keeping for commercial sale of dismantled or partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked motor vehicles, or the parts resulting from such activity.

(6) “Automobile wrecking yard” means the location of automobile wrecking activities as defined. (See also “junkyard”)

(7) “Buffer” means a means of protection against negative impacts which provides a physical separation or barrier.

(8) “Building” means any structure, including mobile homes, intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any person, animal, process, equipment, goods, use, materials or services of any kind or nature.

(9) “Building height” for the purposes of determining the maximum height of a building, means the vertical distance from the average finished grade adjacent to the building to the highest point on the roof, but not including radio antennas, water towers, church spires, penthouses constructed primarily for mechanical equipment, or similar incidental building features.

(10) “Campground” means a plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located, established or maintained for occupancy as temporary living quarters for recreation, education or vacation purposes.

(11) “Church” means a building or structure, or a group of buildings or structures, which by design and construction are primarily intended for the conduct of organized religious services and accessory uses associated therewith excluding a single-family dwelling (parsonage) for use by the pastor or caretaker. Additional on-site quarters for clergy or nuns, facilities for training of religious orders, or for daily educational purposes are excluded from this definition.

(12) “Commercial use” means any activity other than a home occupation where goods or services are offered or provided for sale or for profit.

(13) “Conditional use” means a use of a structure of land which may be allowed by the planning commission after a public hearing and review and subject to certain prescribed or imposed conditions.

(14) “Conditional use permit” means a written document which may specify additional controls and safeguards to ensure compatibility with permitted principal uses.

(15) “Dwelling” means a building designed or used as the living quarters for one or more families.

(16) “Dwelling, Multi-family” means a detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by three or more families and constituting three or more dwelling units.

(17) “Dwelling, Single-family” means a detached building designed for or occupied by and providing housekeeping facilities for one family, including factory-built and prefabricated dwellings but not mobile homes.

(18) “Dwelling, Two-family” means a detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families and constituting two dwelling units.

(19) “Dwelling unit” means a structure or portion thereof providing independent and complete cooking, living, sleeping and toilet facilities for one family.

(20) “Family” means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a group home, rooming house, club, fraternity house or hotel.

(21) “Grade, Finished” means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk between the building and a line five feet from the building or, when the property line is less than five feet from the building, between the building and the property line.

(22) “Grade, Natural” means the elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations.

(23) “Gravel pit” means an open land area where sand, gravel and rock fragments are mined or excavated for sale or off-tract use.

(24) “Group home” means a legally licensed residential use which is a home for the elderly, or which serves as a dwelling for persons seeking care, rehabilitation or recovery from any physical, mental or emotional infirmity, for rehabilitation of criminals, or any combination thereof, in a family setting.

(25) “Group camp” means an organized, often seasonal retreat with or without overnight accommodation which is operated as a profit or nonprofit business with planned recreational or educational activities and to which people come for scheduled visits.

(26) “Home occupation” means an activity carried out in a dwelling unit or detached appurtenance provided that:

(a) no more than one other person in addition to members of the family who reside on the premises may engage in such occupation,

(b) the use of the dwelling unit or detached appurtenance for the home occupation is clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes;

(c) there is no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than one sign, not exceeding two square feet in area, non-illuminated and mounted fiat against the wall of the principal building;

(d) traffic is not generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood;

(e) equipment or process is not used the home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or commercial electrical interference, in violation of applicable government rules and regulations. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises; and

(f) outdoor storage of materials or equipment is not required.

(27) “Industrial use” means any activity which includes manufacturing, processing, warehousing, storage, distribution, shipping and other related uses.

(28) “Junk” means any worn out, wrecked, scrapped, partially or fully dismantled discarded tangible material, combination of materials or items, including motor vehicles which are inoperable, machinery, metal, rags, rubber, paper, plastics and building materials. The above-listed materials are not intended to be exclusive; “junk” may include any other materials, which cannot, without further alteration and reconditioning, be used for their original purposes.

(29) “Junkyard” means an outdoor location where junk is gathered together and stored for a commercial or public purpose.

(30) “Landfill, Sanitary.” (See “Sanitary landfill” and also Title 8, “Sanitary Fill Sites.”)

(31) “Landfill site” means a dumpsite where only natural, organic materials such as tree stumps, brush and/or topsoil resulting from land development efforts, can be disposed of or dumped.

(32) “Lot” means a designated parcel, plot, tract or area of land established by plat, subdivision or, as otherwise permitted by law, to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. (See also Title 16)

(33) “Mobile home” means a detached single-family dwelling designed for long-term human habitation and having complete living facilities; capable of being transported to a location of use on its own chassis and wheels; identified by a model number and serial number by its manufacturer, and designed primarily for placement on a non-permanent foundation. Travel trailers as defined herein are not to be construed as mobile homes.

(34) “Park” means a tract of land, designated and used by the public for active and/or passive recreation.

(35) “Parking space” means a space for the parking of a motor vehicle within a public or private parking area.

(36) “Parsonage” means the house provided by a church for use by its pastor.

(37) “Permitted use” means a use of land or a structure which is allowed within a certain zoning district according to the regulations in this code and subject to the applicable restrictions.

(38) “Principal use” means the primary or predominant use of any lot, building or structure.

(39) “Recreational use” means any formal or informal leisure time activity.

(40) “Recreational vehicle park.” See “Travel trailer park.”

(41) “Refuse area.” See “Junkyard.”

(42) “Right-of-way” means a strip of land reserved, used or to be used for a street, alley, walkway, airport or other public or private purpose.

(43) “Salvage yard.” See “Junkyard.”

(44) “Sanitary landfill” means a legally permitted site which has been designed, constructed and approved to accommodate the disposal of solid waste. (See Title 8, “Sanitary Fill Sites.”)

(45) “Setback” means the area of a lot adjacent to a lot line within which structures as herein defined may not be erected.

(46) “Sign” means a structure or device for advertising intended to direct attention to a business, which is placed upon or within a building, structure or parcel of land and which can be read from a public right-of-way, excluding:

(a) signs not exceeding one square foot in area and bearing only property numbers, post office box numbers, name of occupants or premises, or other identification of premises not having commercial connotations;

(b) flags and insignia of any governmental agency except when displayed in connection with commercial promotion;

(c) regulatory, identification, informational or directional signs erected or required by governmental bodies or reasonably necessary to regulate parking and traffic flow on private property where such signs have no commercial connotation; (d) integral decorative or architectural features of buildings; and

(e) holiday or special event banners.

(47) “Signs, Animated” means any sign or part of a sign which uses movement or change of lighting to depict action or to create a special effect or scene.

(48) “Sign, Flashing” means any directly or indirectly illuminated sign which exhibits changing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means whatsoever.

(49) “Sign, Portable” means a sign that is not permanent, affixed to a building, structure, the ground, set on wheels or otherwise designed to be moved from one location to another.

(50) “Structure” means anything that is constructed or erected and located on or under the ground, or attached to something fixed to the ground, or an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. For purposes of minimum setbacks and building separation requirements, the following are not considered structures unless specifically addressed by code: fences; retaining walls; parking areas; roads; driveways or walkways; window awnings; a temporary building when used for 30 days or less; utility poles and lines; guy wires; clothes lines; flag poles; planters; incidental yard furnishings; water wells; monitoring wells and/or tubes; patios, decks or steps less than 18 inches above average grade.

(51) “Temporary structure” means a structure without any foundation or footings and which is removed when the designated time period, activity or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.

(52) “Travel trailer” means a vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed as temporary living accommodations for recreational, camping and travel use, identified by a model number, serial number or vehicle registration number.

(53) “Travel trailer park” means any parcel, tract or lot or portion thereof where space for two or more travel trailers is leased, rented or held for rent for occupancy for less than 30 days excluding: automobile or travel trailer sales lots on which unoccupied travel trailers are parked for inspection and sale.

(54) “Use” means the purpose for which land, a building or structure is arranged, designated or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.

(55) “Variance” means a grant of relief from one or more of the requirements in MSB title 17 as provided for by state law.

(Ord. 92-145, § 2, 1992)

17.18.010 ESTABLISHED.

(A) There is established a special land use district, which shall include all territory lying within the area designated as the Chickaloon community and further described in subsection (B).

(B) The Chickaloon Special Land Use District includes the following area:

Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 1 and 2 Lying southeasterly of the thread (center of the braided channels) of Kings River

Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 10 and 11 Lying southeasterly of the thread (center of the braided channels) of Kings River

Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 12, 13 and 14 All

Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 15 and 16 Lying southeasterly of the thread (center of the braided channels) of Kings River

Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 All

Township 19 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14
15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20,21, 22, 23 and 24 All

Township 19 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17 and 18 All

Township 19 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17 and 18 All

Township 20 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Section 36 Lying southeasterly of the thread (center of the braided channels) of Kings River

Township 20 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35 and 36 All

Township 20 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Alaska

Sections 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35 and 36 All