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### § 21.30.020. Final plat requirements. | The final plat shall comply with all other final plat requirements and shall include all required plat certificates and plat notes. In addition, the final plat shall contain the following additional certification:
LOT(S) __________ ARE INTENDED TO BE SOLD ONLY FOR ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT. LOT DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAI... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.597168 | 0.731934 | 0.961426 | -0.230591 |
### A. Additional requirements. | 1. Zero lot line subdivisions shall permit side by side, one-family structures only (no duplex or more per side) and shall have a minimum of 25 percent of the total party wall adjoined together as a common wall.
2. The common wall shall consist of the following minimum rated fire wall: five-eighths-inch Type X rated s... | true | Rules | Buildings | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.731445 | 1.167969 | 0.399414 | 0.220215 |
## § 21.30.040. Party wall agreement. | A party wall agreement shall be included as a covenant to all zero lot line subdivisions and shall be entered into by the adjacent affected property owners. This agreement shall include, but is not limited to, the following sections: | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.191406 | -0.615723 | -0.516602 | -1.046875 |
### A. Recitals. | 1. A legal description of the property;
2. Declarations of ownership, common wall definitions, and the purpose of the document. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.304688 | -0.334473 | -0.843262 | -1.298828 |
### B. Party wall. | 1. Declaration of the party wall as defined;
2. Provisions for the shared responsibility of major maintenance and replacement as well as the use of any common problems (i.e., party wall) of said development;
3. Statement of the duration and effect of this agreement;
4. Provisions for regulations involving encroachme... | true | Rules | Buildings | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.426758 | 0.061951 | -1.030273 | -0.938477 |
### C. Use of the property. | 1. Provisions for the major maintenance or modification of each side of the structure’s exterior with the adjacent owner’s agreement;
City of Sitka, AK
§ 21.30.040
SITKA CODE
§ 21.30.050
2. Declaration of the restricted use to a single-family dwelling only for each lot;
3. Restrictions for the maintenance and upke... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.000205 | 0.702148 | 0.285645 | -0.540039 |
### § 21.35.010. General provisions. | It is the intent of the city and borough to encourage imaginative and innovative design in the application of subdivision and improvement standards for subdivision developments proposed as planned unit cluster development projects, commercial centers, industrial parks, and shopping centers. Planned unit development pro... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.145264 | 0.536133 | -0.163818 | 0.717773 |
### § 21.35.020. Cluster development projects. | Cluster planned unit developments are projects in which the individual lots are substantially smaller than otherwise allowed, provided there is at least as much open space within the total development as would exist if all lots were of standard size. The net density of units as a whole shall be the same as allowed unde... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.854492 | 0.538086 | -0.706543 | -0.686035 |
## § 21.35.030. Ownership. | All land proposed for a planned unit development shall be owned or be under the control of the applicant, whether that applicant is an individual, partnership or corporation, or groups of individuals, partnerships or corporations. The applicant shall present proof of control and shall:
A. Provide agreements, contracts... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.010742 | 0.191162 | -0.593262 | -0.631836 |
## § 21.35.040. Procedure. | Planned unit developments and cluster subdivisions shall follow the major subdivision review and approval process in Chapter 21.20 SGC. These procedures include review and approval of the final plat by both the planning commission and the assembly.
A. Concept review. After initial consultation with the city pursuant t... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.709473 | 0.694824 | -0.786133 | -0.853027 |
## § 21.35.050. Concept plan. | This plan shall indicate:
A. Pedestrian and vehicular circulation, showing right-of-way widths as well as access points to the major thoroughfare systems. The applicant may submit one or more alternate proposals for a nonmotorized circulation system within the planned unit development.
B. The use of all lands showing... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.078979 | 1.181641 | -0.428223 | -0.754395 |
### § 21.40.010. Requirements for a complete plat vacation application. | **A.** Application contents. In addition to the general requirements for a completed application an applicant for a plat vacation shall submit the following:
1. The reasons for the proposed vacation;
2. Signatures of all parties having an ownership interest in that portion of the subdivision proposed to be vacated;
... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.064453 | 0.09137 | -0.391357 | -0.635742 |
### § 21.40.020. Type of approval and criteria for approval of a plat vacation. | **A.** Type of application. A plat vacation is a planning commission action with appeal rights to the assembly.
**B.** Criteria for approval. The plat vacation may be approved or denied after a written determination is made whether the public use and interest will be served by the vacation of the subdivision. If any p... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.265625 | 0.343262 | -0.467773 | -0.361084 |
### § 21.40.030. Requirements for a complete plat alteration application. | **A.** Application contents. In addition to the requirements for a completed application as set forth in SGC § 21.20.160, Major subdivision – Final plat submission requirements, an
City of Sitka, AK
§ 21.40.030 SUBDIVISIONS § 21.40.060
applicant for a plat alteration shall submit the following:
1. Signatures of the ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.291748 | 1.410156 | -0.293945 | -0.796875 |
### A. Certification of surveyor. | A certificate signed and sealed by the land surveyor who prepared the plat as follows:
**CERTIFICATE OF SURVEYOR**
I, ________________________ certify that I am a registered land surveyor in the State of Alaska, that this plat is a true and correct representation of lands surveyed by me or under my direct supervision... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.488281 | -0.634277 | -0.737793 | -1.057617 |
### B. Certification of ownership and dedication. | Where a dedication of land to the public is proposed in the plat, the final plat shall bear a statement of ownership and dedication as follows:
**CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND DEDICATION**
I (we) hereby certify that I (we) (company name) am (are)(is) the owner(s) of the property shown and described hereon and that I (... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.051758 | -0.156982 | -0.694336 | -1.03418 |
### C. Certification of payment of taxes. | The following certificate shall be printed on the final plat:
**CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT OF TAXES**
STATE OF ALASKA
) ss.
City of Sitka, AK
§ 21.45.020
SUBDIVISIONS
§ 21.45.020
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT )
I, the undersigned, being duly appointed and qualified, and acting assessor for the City and Borough of Sitka, ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.128906 | 1.152344 | -0.084473 | -0.621094 |
### § 21.50.010. Requirements for platting variances. | A variance from the requirements of this title may be granted only if the planning commission finds that:
A. The granting of a platting variance will not be detrimental to the public safety, or welfare, or injurious to adjacent property.
B. The tract to be subdivided is of such unusual size and shape or topographical... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.231201 | -0.090881 | -0.498535 | 0.067078 |
### § 21.50.020. Procedure. | A. Application for a platting variance shall include:
1. Sketch of plat or photocopy of an existing survey;
2. A plat, with full dimensions, prepared by a registered land surveyor;
3. A written explanation of the conditions, facts, and reasons why a variance should be granted;
B. The planning commission shall have ... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.491211 | -0.54541 | -1.176758 | -0.89502 |
### § 21.50.030. Platting variance within flood hazard areas. | A. Variances from the requirements of this title may be granted by the planning commission subject to the following conditions:
1. Variances shall not be issued within any designated regulatory floodway if any increase in flood levels during the base flood discharge would result.
2. Variances shall only be issued upo... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.522949 | 0.900879 | 0.714355 | 1.914063 |
#### A. General Provisions. | 1. **Compliance.** Proposed subdivisions shall conform to the comprehensive plan, the official zoning map, and all requirements in SGC Title 22, Zoning.
2. **Name.** The proposed name of the subdivision shall not duplicate, or too closely approximate, the name of any other subdivision. The planning commission has advi... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.308105 | 0.512695 | 0.705566 | 1.00293 |
### § 21.55.020. Compliance with standard specifications and subdivision agreements. | Construction shall be completed in compliance with city and borough of Sitka standard construction specifications to the degree determined by the municipal engineer, and any signed subdivision agreement between the city and borough of Sitka and the property owner.
(S.G.C. 21.40.020; Ord. 03-1729 § 4, 2003) | true | Rules | Buildings | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.990234 | -0.307861 | -0.768066 | -1.400391 |
#### A. Generally. | Municipality shall be party to all easements. All easements shall be recorded and no changes shall occur without municipal approval. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.270508 | -1.487305 | -0.741699 | -1.117188 |
#### B. Utility easements. | Utility easements at least five feet wide along the front property lines of lots shall be provided where necessary for public utilities. An anchor pole easement 10 feet wide, 25 feet deep, appropriately placed, together with the right of access shall be provided where necessary for pole-mounted public utilities. Buried... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.384766 | -0.318359 | -1.339844 | -0.887695 |
#### C. Access easements. | 1. No more than four lots shall utilize a single common access road that is constructed to less than the regular municipal street standard. For minor subdivisions of two or three lots with access easements rather than public street access, said easements shall be constructed in accordance with city standards.
City of S... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.203857 | 1.015625 | -0.065552 | -0.553711 |
### § 21.55.100. Street names. | Names of new streets shall not duplicate existing street names unless a new street is a continuation of or in alignment with the existing street. Street names for dedicated rights-of-way may be recommended by the Sitka historic preservation commission and approved by the municipality. House numbers shall be assigned in... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.010742 | -0.6875 | -1.258789 | -1.279297 |
### § 21.55.110. Dedicated right-of-way street design standards. | **A. Cul-de-sacs.** Streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall be no longer than 400 feet, and shall be terminated by a circular turnaround having a radius not less than 45 feet. Offset or T-shaped turn-arounds providing equivalent radius may be substituted.
**B. Grade.** The grade of streets shall not ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.402344 | 0.856445 | 0.369141 | 0.082153 |
### A. Generally. | 1. All subdivisions, boundary line adjustments, replats, and any plat that requires approval to be recorded shall comply with the required monumentation and flagging as detailed in this section. References to monumentation and flagging requirements appear in other sections of this code; however, this section shall cont... | true | Rules | Buildings | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.078369 | 1.504883 | 0.085754 | -0.370605 |
### § 21.60.010. Boundary line adjustments. | A. Owner(s) of two adjoining lots may apply to move but not remove the common boundary and no additional lots shall be created. Boundary line adjustments may be used to eliminate or reduce encroachments or nonconformities with the provisions of this title and SGC Title 22. Any substantial movement of a lot line in a su... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.361816 | 0.86084 | -0.61084 | -0.901855 |
#### Introduction and General Provisions | **§ 22.05.010. Title.**
This title shall be known and cited as the “Zoning Ordinance of the City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska.”
(S.G.C. 22.04.010; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002)
**§ 22.05.020. Purpose.**
The purpose of this title is to regulate the use of land and improvements by districts in accordance with the comprehe... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.956055 | 1.175781 | 0.053497 | 0.208008 |
### § 22.05.080. General interpretation. | For the purpose of this title, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A. Words used in the present tense include the future tense;
B. The singular number includes the plural;
C. The word “person” includes a partnership and corporation as well as the individual;
D. The word “lot” also in... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.91748 | -0.324707 | -0.776367 | -1.28125 |
### § 22.05.090. Interpretation of unlisted meanings. | When a word or term is not specifically stated, the city and borough administrator or his designee shall have the authority to interpret the meaning or description most comparable, subject to appeal to the planning commission, then to the assembly.
(S.G.C. 22.08.020; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.757813 | -0.453857 | -1.135742 | -1.423828 |
### § 22.05.100. Accessory dwelling unit. | “Accessory dwelling unit (ADU)” is a second dwelling unit that is located on the same parcel as the primary single-family dwelling unit. An ADU must provide a complete, independent residential living space and shall include provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. Accessory dwelling units are fu... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.63623 | -0.461914 | 0.657715 | -0.798828 |
### § 22.05.110. Administrative officer. | “Administrative officer” means the city and borough administrator or his designee assigned to administer and enforce the zoning title. Said individual may include, but is not limited to, the planning director, or planning assistant.
(S.G.C. 22.08.030; Ord. 04-60 § 4(D), 2004) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.678223 | -0.918945 | -1.037109 | -1.444336 |
### § 22.05.120. Alteration. | “Alteration” means any change, addition or modification in a construction, location, occupancy or use classification. In buildings for businesses, commercial, industrial or similar uses, the installation or rearrangement of partitions affecting more than one-third of a single floor area shall be considered an alteratio... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.478027 | -0.371582 | -0.218994 | -1.074219 |
### § 22.05.130. Antenna. | “Antenna” means a wire or system of wires, rods, poles, or similar devices, or satellite dishes used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves, external to or attached to the exterior of any building.
(S.G.C. 22.08.042; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.560059 | -0.660156 | -0.628906 | -1.026367 |
### § 22.05.140. Apartment. | “Apartment” means any portion of a building which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or which is occupied as the home or residence of an individual or family unit living and doing their own cooking independently of any other individual or family unit in the same building.
(S.G.C. 22.08... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.468262 | -0.951172 | -0.192627 | -1.102539 |
### § 22.05.150. Applicant. | “Applicant” means a person seeking development approval from the city.
(S.G.C. 22.08.050; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.92334 | -1.03418 | -1 | -1.477539 |
### § 22.05.160. Arterial street. | “Arterial street” means a street designed and intended to carry traffic from residential and collector street systems to state highways and other arterial streets. Arterials are designated in the comprehensive plan or in supporting documents of the plan.
(S.G.C. 22.08.060; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.176758 | -1.145508 | -1.28125 | -1.254883 |
### § 22.05.170. Automobile service station. | “Automobile service station” means a retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels, lubricants and other petroleum products, but also in supplying accessories and services generally required in the normal operation and maintenance of motor vehicles. The servicing of motor vehicles shall be gener... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.15918 | -1.041992 | -0.12207 | -1.173828 |
### § 22.05.180. Automobile wrecking yard. | “Automobile wrecking yard” means any lot or portion of a lot used for the purpose of dismantling used motor vehicles or trailers or the storage or sale of parts from dismantled or partially dismantled obsolete or wrecked vehicles.
(S.G.C. 22.08.080; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.232422 | -1.439453 | -0.357666 | -0.527832 |
### § 22.05.190. Bed and breakfast. | “Bed and breakfast” means a lodging use, where rooms within a single dwelling unit or owner-occupied side of a two-family unit are provided to transient guests by a resident operator for a fee by prearrangement on a daily or short-term basis. A breakfast meal and/or light snacks may be served to those guests renting ro... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.049347 | 0.330566 | 0.923828 | -0.10022 |
### § 22.05.260. Building line, front. | “Front building line” defines the minimum distance from the front property line to the furthest extension of any structure or appurtenance including but not limited to decks, steps and porches to be erected on the property.
(S.G.C. 22.08.150; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.032227 | -0.826172 | -0.607422 | -1.269531 |
### § 22.05.270. Building, principal or main. | “Principal or main building” means a building which contains the principal or main use of the lot on which it is situated. In a residential district, the principal building shall be the residence. In a commercial district, the principal building would be the commercial use.
(S.G.C. 22.08.160; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.753906 | -1.496094 | -0.625 | -1.509766 |
### § 22.05.280. Bulk retail. | “Bulk retail” is a retail establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public as well as to other retailers, contractors, or businesses, and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods. Bulk retail involves a high volume of sales of related and/or unrelated products in a warehouse se... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.635742 | -0.251953 | -0.970703 | -0.953613 |
### § 22.05.290. Cemetery. | “Cemetery” means an area set apart for or containing graves, mausoleums, urns, or similar arrangements for the deceased.
(S.G.C. 22.08.164; Ord. 19-15 § 4, 2019) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.233398 | -1.476563 | -0.297607 | -1.148438 |
### § 22.05.300. Church. | “Church” means a building or structure generally open to the public and used as a place of gathering for the purpose of religious worship or related activities. The definition of a church shall be dependent upon IRS interpretation and that of the State Assessor’s Office. A standard single-family residence not remodeled... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.263672 | -0.968262 | -0.225098 | -1.003906 |
### § 22.05.310. Cluster housing development. | “Cluster housing development” means two or more independent single-family dwellings developed as a group or “cluster” requiring a conditional use permit and site plan approval, the plan of which may not conform to the minimum yard and lot requirements of the district in which the project is located. Cluster development... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.31543 | 0.105103 | -0.693848 | -0.516113 |
### § 22.05.320. Collector street. | “Collector street” means a street designed and intended to carry traffic from residential street systems to arterial street systems or state highways.
(S.G.C. 22.08.180; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.369141 | -1.264648 | -1.294922 | -1.479492 |
### § 22.05.330. Commercial. | “Commercial” means activities involving sales or rental of any article, substance or commodity and the provision of all commercial services including financial institutions and personal services.
(S.G.C. 22.08.190; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.811035 | -0.723145 | -0.95166 | -1.259766 |
### § 22.05.340. Commercial home horticulture. | “Commercial home horticulture” means the onsite production, principally for use or consumption by the property owner or tenant, of plants or their products, including but not limited to gardening and fruit production. Commercial home horticulture does not include the sale of such products produced off site, but does in... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.269775 | -0.029343 | -0.252441 | -1.019531 |
### § 22.05.350. Comprehensive plan. | “Comprehensive plan” means an official adopted document including text, charts, graphics or maps or any combination designed to portray general and long range proposals for the arrangement of land uses and development of an economic base and human resource and which is intended to guide development policy towards achie... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.435547 | 0.057953 | -1.361328 | -1.18457 |
### § 22.05.360. Conditional use. | “Conditional use” means a provision which allows for flexibility within the zoning title by permitting certain specified uses in zoning districts where said uses could be considered appropriate, but only after additional conditions and safeguards are applied to insure their compatibility with permitted principal uses. ... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.00724 | 0.1698 | -0.848145 | -0.786133 |
## § 22.05.370. Condominium. | “Condominium” means a type of real property ownership in which projects composed of two or more dwelling units or commercial or industrial establishments which are individually owned, with common areas of the project, if any, and common land area being owned according to fixed percentages by the owners of the separate ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.525879 | 0.205444 | -0.469971 | -0.803223 |
## § 22.05.380. Congregate care facility/retirement center. | “Congregate care facility/retirement center” means a residential facility designed for and occupied by at least one person per unit who is able to live independently and without 24-hour supervision; and providing centralized services for the residents including meals, recreation, housekeeping, laundry and transportatio... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.959473 | -1.060547 | 0.947266 | -0.907715 |
## § 22.05.390. Coverage. | “Coverage” means the percentage of total lot area allowed to be covered by buildings or structures exceeding 30 inches in height. Customary yard accessories, ornaments and furniture are not included in this definition of coverage.
(S.G.C. 22.08.240; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.378906 | -1.167969 | -0.584961 | -1.476563 |
## § 22.05.400. Cul-de-sac. | “Cul-de-sac” means a short street intersecting with another street at one end and terminated by a vehicular turnaround at the other end. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.983398 | -1.352539 | -0.721191 | -1.416016 |
## § 22.05.410. Day care, home provider, children’s services. | “Day care,” “home provider,” or “children’s services” means the caring of children, ages newborn through 12, in other than the children’s own home environment. It shall be lawful to care for up to four children, not your own, in a private home and be considered a valid home occupation. For five or more children, state ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.268066 | -0.710938 | 1.52832 | -0.394287 |
### § 22.05.420. Dedication. | “Dedication” means the deliberate appropriation of land or rights in land by its owner for any general and public use, reserving to himself or herself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public use to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shal... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.030273 | -0.365234 | -1.087891 | -1.000977 |
### § 22.05.430. Density. | “Density” means the number of permitted dwelling units allowed on each acre of land or fraction thereof.
(S.G.C. 22.08.254; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.026367 | -1.22168 | -0.814941 | -1.467773 |
### § 22.05.440. Dock. | “Dock” means a fixed or floating structure, including moorings, for the purpose of berthing floating vessels.
(S.G.C. 22.08.255; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002; Ord. 03-1750 § 4, 2003) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.195313 | -1.001953 | -0.573242 | -1.202148 |
### § 22.05.450. Dock, commercial. | “Commercial dock” means a fixed or floating structure, including moorings, for the purpose of berthing floating vessels that: includes commercial and recreational vessels, does not have a limitation on the size or number of lease slips, may include covered lease slips and boathouses, may include secure float plane faci... | true | Rules | Nuisance | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.625488 | -0.273438 | -0.705566 | -0.930176 |
### § 22.05.460. Dock, community personal use. | “Community personal use dock” means a dock jointly owned and used by property owners in the immediate area for the berthing of floating vessels owned by the property owners in the area, lessees of uplands, family members of property owners in the area, or others utilizing the dock without compensation. Commercial fishi... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.158203 | 0.685547 | -0.315674 | -0.592285 |
### § 22.05.470. Dock, personal use. | “Personal use dock” means a fixed or floating structure, including moorings, for the purpose of berthing floating vessels owned by the upland property owner, lessees of uplands, family members of upland property owners, or others utilizing the dock without compensation.
City of Sitka, AK
§ 22.05.470 ZONING § 22.05.530... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.396973 | 0.322021 | 0.510254 | -0.757324 |
### § 22.05.600. Fence height. | “Fence height” means the vertical distance between the ground, either natural or filled, directly under the fence and the highest point of the fence. No fence shall exceed eight feet in height without a variance. Fences in the public and industrial zones may be no higher than 20 feet.
(S.G.C. 22.08.370; Ord. 02-1683 §... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.037109 | -1.416016 | -0.012161 | -0.687012 |
### § 22.05.610. Floor area. | “Floor area” means the total horizontal area of each floor of a building within the surrounding outer walls exclusive of vent shafts and courts.
(S.G.C. 22.08.380; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.249023 | -1.0625 | -0.460693 | -1.477539 |
### § 22.05.620. Floor area ratio. | “Floor area ratio” means the ratio of building floor area to the area of the lot upon which the building is located.
(S.G.C. 22.08.385; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.250977 | -1.339844 | -0.721191 | -1.620117 |
### § 22.05.630. Footprint. | “Footprint” means the outermost exterior perimeter of a building at the foundation where it touches the ground plane.
(S.G.C. 22.08.387; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.927246 | -0.997559 | -0.699219 | -1.241211 |
### § 22.05.640. Garage. | “Garage” means a building or portion thereof in which only motor vehicles used by the tenants of the building are stored or kept and in which gasoline, distillate or other volatile flammable liquids, or other household goods may be stored.
(S.G.C. 22.08.390; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.756836 | -0.92041 | 0.710449 | -0.541504 |
### § 22.05.650. Garage, body and fender repair. | “Body and fender repair garage” means a major automobile repair building or portion thereof, including but not limited to engine, transmission or differential repair or replacement but especially involved in the body and fender repair of damaged vehicles.
(S.G.C. 22.08.400; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.125977 | -1.013672 | -0.229492 | -0.79248 |
### § 22.05.660. Garage, mechanical repair. | “Mechanical repair garage” means any garage, available to the public, operated for gain, and used for the storage, major mechanical repair including but not limited to engine, transmission or differential repair or replacement, greasing, washing, servicing or adjusting or equipping vehicles.
(S.G.C. 22.08.410; Ord. 02... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.731445 | -0.980469 | -0.4021 | -0.744141 |
### § 22.05.670. Garage sales. | “Garage sales” means the sale or barter, by the owner or occupant of a residential structure, of miscellaneous personal property excess to the person’s needs. Garages sales can occur in any structure on the property.
(S.G.C. 22.08.420; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002)
City of Sitka, AK
§ 22.05.680 SITKA CODE § 22.05.750 | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.008789 | -0.776855 | -0.792969 | -1.123047 |
### § 22.05.680. Grade (ground level). | “Grade (ground level)” means the average level of the finished ground at the center of all exterior walls of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of a public sidewalk, the ground shall be measured at the sidewalk.
(S.G.C. 22.08.430; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.922363 | -1.196289 | -0.514648 | -1.268555 |
### § 22.05.690. Guest room. | “Guest room” means any room in a dormitory, boardinghouse or lodginghouse, or bed and breakfasts, or short-term rentals used for and maintained to provide sleeping accommodations for not more than two persons. Each 100 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for sleeping room purposes shall be considered a s... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.246216 | -0.879883 | 0.948242 | -0.536133 |
### § 22.05.700. Hazardous waste. | “Hazardous waste” means all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in, or its successor, except for moderate risk waste as set forth in, or its successor.
(S.G.C. 22.08.442; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.439453 | -0.304932 | -0.13855 | 0.4375 |
### § 22.05.710. Hazardous waste storage. | “Hazardous waste storage” means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period as regulated by the state or its successor.
(S.G.C. 22.08.443; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.717285 | -0.768555 | -0.248047 | 0.107544 |
### § 22.05.720. Hazardous waste treatment. | “Hazardous waste treatment” means the physical, chemical, or biological processing of hazardous waste for the purpose of rendering these wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume, as regulated by the state or its successor.
(S.G.C. 22.08.444; Ord. 02-1683 § ... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.581543 | -0.484131 | -0.342773 | 0.61377 |
### § 22.05.730. Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. | “Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility” means on-site storage and treatment facilities which treat and store hazardous wastes generated on the same property.
(S.G.C. 22.08.445; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.947266 | -0.918945 | -0.267578 | -0.082886 |
### § 22.05.740. Home occupation. | “Home occupation” means occupations conducted within a dwelling unit by the residents thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and does not change the character thereof nor involve persons other than the residents of the building. For specific details, see SGC § ... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.775879 | -0.453369 | 0.452148 | -1.391602 |
### § 22.05.750. Horticulture. | “Horticulture” means the on-site production of plants or their products, including but not limited
City of Sitka, AK
§ 22.05.750 ZONING § 22.05.810
to gardening and fruit production. Horticulture does not include construction of accessory buildings other than those specifically allowed in the zoning districts. It als... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | 0.11676 | 0.520996 | -0.320313 | -1.055664 |
### § 22.05.890. Lot, interior. | “Interior lot” means a lot located within a group of lots other than on intersecting streets.
(S.G.C. 22.08.520; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.106445 | -1.166992 | -0.754395 | -1.43457 |
### § 22.05.900. Lot line adjustment. | “Lot line adjustment” means the adjustment or relocation of a boundary line between existing lots which results in no more lots than existed before the adjustment.
(S.G.C. 22.08.530; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.382813 | -0.894043 | -0.569824 | -1.020508 |
### § 22.05.910. Lot line, front. | “Front lot line” means the lot line adjacent to any public street. In the case of a corner lot, the front line shall be considered to be along both street lot lines. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.204102 | -1.501953 | -0.635254 | -1.56543 |
### § 22.05.920. Lot line, rear. | “Rear lot line” means the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
(S.G.C. 22.08.540; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.163086 | -1.504883 | -0.412842 | -1.467773 |
### § 22.05.930. Lot line, side. | “Side lot line” means any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
(S.G.C. 22.08.550; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.02832 | -1.277344 | -0.465088 | -1.458008 |
### § 22.05.940. Lot lines. | “Lot lines” means the property lines bounding a single parcel of property.
(S.G.C. 22.08.560; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.414063 | -0.891602 | -1.097656 | -1.568359 |
### § 22.05.950. Lot of record. | “Lot of record” means an area or parcel of land as shown on an officially recorded plat or
City of Sitka, AK
§ 22.05.950 SITKA CODE § 22.05.1000
subdivision, or an area or parcel of land to which a deed or contract is officially recorded as a unit of property, or which is described by metes and bounds or as a fractio... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | 1.223633 | 0.970215 | 0.255127 | -0.327637 |
### § 22.05.1110. Parking, public. | “Public parking” means a structure or open area other than a street, alley or other right-of-way used for the temporary parking of automobiles and available for public use, whether free, for compensation or as an accommodation for clients or customers.
(S.G.C. 22.08.660; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.262451 | -1.174805 | -0.812988 | -1.094727 |
### § 22.05.1120. Parking space, off-street. | “Off-street parking space” means a 10-foot by 20-foot space located off any street, alley or other right-of-way which is adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors and adequate maneuvering room on a parking lot with access to a public street or alley. Requirements for off-street parking are found in... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.895996 | -0.246704 | -0.91748 | -1.139648 |
### § 22.05.1130. Parsonage. | “Parsonage” means the permanent place of residence of the pastor or minister of a church and owned by the church, not the pastor.
(S.G.C. 22.08.680; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.361328 | -1.549805 | -0.123718 | -1.338867 |
### § 22.05.1140. Personal service. | “Personal service” means businesses engaged in providing care of the corporeal person or his/her apparel such as accounting, tax preparation, hair care, massage therapists, tailoring, etc., not including health care.
(S.G.C. 22.08.685; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.987793 | -1.164063 | 0.241577 | -1.387695 |
### § 22.05.1150. Planned unit development. | “Planned unit development” means a group or combination of dwellings and uses developed as a functional unit under conditional use and site plan approval procedures, the plan of which may not conform to the regulations established in any one or more zoning districts with respect to lot size, mixture of uses, density, l... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.662109 | -0.064636 | -0.81543 | -1.276367 |
### § 22.05.1160. Private recreational cabin. | “Private recreational cabin” means living quarters in a building separate from and in addition to the main residential building on a lot, used for intermittent or temporary occupancy by nonpaying guests. Maximum total of 650 square feet of living and sleeping areas.
(S.G.C. 22.08.695; Ord. 09-56 § 4, 2009) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.680176 | -1.208008 | 0.820313 | -0.991699 |
### § 22.05.1170. Profession. | “Profession” means an occupation or calling requiring the practice of a learned art through specialized knowledge, training, experience or a degree issued by an institute of higher learning; e.g., doctor of medicine, lawyer, engineer, computer specialist, etc.
(S.G.C. 22.08.700; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002)
City of Sitka,... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.194336 | -0.657227 | -0.390137 | -1.174805 |
### § 22.05.1180. Project. | “Project” means a proposal for development.
(S.G.C. 22.08.702; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.300781 | -0.889648 | -1.149414 | -1.412109 |
### § 22.05.1190. Public facilities and utilities. | “Public facilities and utilities” means land or structures owned by or operated for the benefit of the public use and necessity, including but not limited to public facilities defined in RCW 36.70A.030, as amended, and private utilities serving the public.
(S.G.C. 22.08.705; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.951172 | -0.260986 | -1.095703 | -1.053711 |
### § 22.05.1200. Public hearing. | “Public hearing” means an open record hearing at which evidence is presented and testimony is taken.
(S.G.C. 22.08.706; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -1.577148 | -1.375977 | -0.990234 | -1.194336 |
### § 22.05.1210. Public improvement. | “Public improvement” means any structure, utility, roadway or sidewalk for use by the public, required as a condition of development approval.
(S.G.C. 22.08.707; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.894043 | -0.986328 | -0.828613 | -1.123047 |
### § 22.05.1220. Public open space. | “Public open space” means any publicly owned land including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, waterways, and trails.
(S.G.C. 22.08.708; Ord. 02-1683 § 4, 2002) | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.920898 | -1.5625 | -0.853516 | -1.268555 |
### § 22.05.1230. Quasi-institutional home. | “Quasi-institutional home” means a residential facility located in a residence or living unit, the principal use being to serve as a place for no more than six persons in an R-1 zone and 20 persons in an R-2 or larger zone seeking rehabilitation, counseling, self-help and family environment. This definition shall not i... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | sitka | null | -0.732422 | -0.399658 | 0.909668 | -0.240845 |
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