ITEM TITLE:
Approval of Final Plat for Duck Tail Subdivision, a Re-Plat of Tract D Duck Marsh Subdivision, Plat 2001-11, Creating Tracts D1, D2, and D3 Duck Tail Subdivision.
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund - Senior Planner/GIS Technician
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve final plat for Duck Tail Subdivision, a replat of Tract D Duck Marsh Subdivision, Plat 2001-11, creating Tracts D1, D2, and D3 Duck Tail Subdivision.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of Valdez has requested a replat within Section 32, Township 8 South, Range 6 West Copper River Meridian, Valdez Recording District, Alaska. The preliminary plat for this subdivision was approved by the City of Valdez Planning and Zoning Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting on September 25, 2024.
The City of Valdez is the property owner of the land on which the replat is to take place.
Allen Minish, of Wrangell Mountain Technicial Services, is the land surveyor on this project.
The proposed platting action is considered a minor subdivision. A minor subdivision is defined by the Valdez Municipal Code (VMC) 16.04.020 as: any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, such as this.
The purpose of this subdivision is to clean up the property situation in the animal shelter area. It will create a lot for the food bank, a lot for the animal shelter, and a lot for the new lift station. This is also required by the DOTPF so that another driveway can be built to access the new lift station. Tract D1, Duck Tail Subdivision will have the existing sewer lift station building on it. Tract D2 will have the existing Animal Shelter on it, and Tract D3 will have the existing Valdez Emergency Assistance and Food Bank.
A small portion of the NE corner and the SE corner of the property are in the Special Flood Hazard Area. This will need to be noted on the final plat. This property is entirely within the tsunami inundation area. This is also required to be noted on the final plat, per VMC 16.12.020 Form and contents.
B. Contents. The plats shall show all existing and established monuments and
courses and distances necessary to restake any portion of the plat. The allowable error of closure shall not exceed one foot in fifteen thousand feet (1:15,000) and shall conform, in addition to the following, to the standards established by the American Land Title Association current standards for Class A surveys and the Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors Standards of Practice as amended. The final plat shall show the following:
18. If the property lies within Flood Zone A the area shall be delineated and a note shall be included on the plat, stating that “The property within Flood Zone A as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be required to comply with Federal Regulations”;
The minimum lot width in the general commercial district is 50 feet per Valdez Municipal Code 17.06.060. There are no minimum lot area requirements in the general commercial district. The proposed subdivision meets the minimum lot width requirements.
If this final plat is approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, a mylar copy will be provided by the surveyor, all required signatures obtained, and the plat will be recorded with the DNR Recorder’s office at the expense of the applicant.