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AK Stat § 29.35.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.020. Extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(a) To the extent a municipality is otherwise authorized by law to exercise the power necessary to provide the facility or service, the municipality may provide facilities for the confinement and care of prisoners, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, emergency medical services, solid and septic waste disposal, utility services, airports, streets (including ice roads), trails, transportation facilities, wharves, harbors and other marine facilities outside its boundaries and may regulate their use and operation to the extent that the jurisdiction in which they are located does not regulate them. A regulation adopted under this section must state that it applies outside the municipality. (b) A municipality may adopt an ordinance to exercise a power authorized by this subsection and may enforce the ordinance outside its boundaries. Before a power authorized by this subsection may be exercised inside the boundaries of another municipality, the approval of the other municipality must be given by ordinance, and before a power authorized by this subsection may be exercised inside a village, as that term is defined by AS 46.08.900, the approval of the village must be given by resolution. A municipality intending to exercise its authority under this subsection shall act by ordinance, and may adopt an ordinance under this subsection to (1) protect its water supply and watershed; or (2) contain, clean up, or prevent the release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance that may pose an imminent or substantial threat to persons, property, or natural resources within the municipality's boundaries; however, this paragraph does not authorize a municipality to enforce an ordinance outside its boundaries to regulate exploration, development, production, or transportation of oil, gas, or minerals in a manner inconsistent with the state's management of those resources, and enforcement of the ordinance must be consistent with a regional master plan prepared by the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.04.210; in this paragraph, “natural resources” has the meaning given in AS 46.03.826. (c) A municipality may enter into agreements with the United States Coast Guard, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and other persons relating to development and enforcement of vessel traffic control and monitoring systems for oil barges and tank vessels carrying oil operating in or near the waters of the state. (d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities. (e) In this section, “village” (1) means the area within a five-mile radius of the village post office or, if there is no post office, another site designated by the commissioner; (2) does not include an area described in (1) of this subsection that is within a city or another village.
AK Stat § 29.35.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.030. Eminent domain.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a municipality may, only within its boundaries, exercise the powers of eminent domain and declaration of taking in the performance of a power or function of the municipality under the procedures set out in AS 09.55.250 - 09.55.460. In the case of a second class city, the exercise of the power of eminent domain or declaration of taking must be by ordinance that is submitted to the voters at the next general election or at a special election called for that purpose. A majority of the votes on the question is required for approval of the ordinance. (b) The power of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire private property from a private person for the purpose of transferring title to the property to another private person for economic development, except as provided by AS 09.55.240(d)(1) - (6), and may not be exercised for purposes expressed in AS 09.55.240(e). (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities. (d) In this section, (1) “economic development” has the meaning given in AS 09.55.240; (2) “private person” has the meaning given in AS 09.55.240.
AK Stat § 29.35.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.040. Emergency disaster powers.

(a) A municipality that is wholly or partially in an area that is declared by the President or governor to be a disaster area may participate in and provide for housing, urban renewal, and redevelopment in the same manner as a home rule city. The exercise of these powers by a borough shall be on a nonareawide basis, except a borough may exercise the powers transferred to it by a city as provided by AS 29.35.310. (b) Powers granted by this section must be initiated within a period of not more than five years after the date of declaration of a natural disaster by the President or governor, but these powers may be extended for an additional period of not more than three years.
AK Stat § 29.35.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.055. Local air quality control program.

A municipality may establish a local air quality control program as provided in AS 46.14.400 only if the municipality has obtained the consent of its governing body through an ordinance authorizing the participation. This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.060. Franchises and permits.

(a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the council acting for the area in a city may grant franchises, including exclusive franchise privileges, to a person, corporation, organization, or utility not certificated by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and may permit the use of streets and other public places by the franchise holder under regulations prescribed by ordinance. (b) Unless the grant is made on a competitive basis, the grant of an exclusive right to use a public street or right-of-way for more than five years to a utility or a transportation system not certificated by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall be valid only if approved by a majority of the voters at an election. (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.070. Public utilities.

(a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the council acting for the area in a city may regulate, fix, establish, and change the rates and charges imposed for a utility service provided to the municipality or its inhabitants by a utility that is not subject to regulation under AS 42.05 unless that utility is exempted from regulation under AS 42.05.711(a), (d) - (k), (o), (p), (r), or (u). (b) A municipality may provide for a reasonable deposit for meters and service to be given if interest is paid on the deposit. (c) Unless the utility is owned by the municipality, all rates, charges, and regulations established under this section shall be established by ordinance and shall be reasonable and permit a fair return on invested capital. (d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.080. Alcoholic beverages.

(a) A municipality may regulate the possession, barter, sale, importation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages under AS 04.11.480 - 04.11.509 and AS 04.21.010. (b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.085. Curfew.

(a) A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for a curfew for persons under 18 years of age for whom the disabilities of minority have not been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590 and who have not arrived at the age of majority under AS 25.20.020. (b) Notwithstanding AS 29.25.070(a), for a violation of this section, the court may impose a fine of not more than $250. (c) The community work provisions of AS 47.12.030(b)(6) apply to punishment for a minor's conviction of a violation of a curfew ordinance for which a penalty is provided under AS 29.25.070(a).
AK Stat § 29.35.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.090. Municipal property; rights-of-way.

(a) The governing body shall by ordinance establish a formal procedure for acquisition and disposal of land and interests in land by the municipality. (b) Notwithstanding AS 29.40.160 or other provisions of law, a municipality may not vacate a right-of-way acquired by the state under former 43 U.S.C. 932. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.100. Budget and capital program.

(a) The governing body shall establish the manner for the preparation and submission of the budget and capital program. After a public hearing, the governing body may approve the budget with or without amendments, and shall appropriate the money required for the approved budget. (b) The governing body may make supplemental and emergency appropriations. Payment may not be authorized or made and an obligation may not be incurred except in accordance with appropriations.
AK Stat § 29.35.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.110. Expenditure of borough revenues.

(a) Borough revenues received through taxes collected on an areawide basis by the borough may be expended on general administrative costs and on areawide functions only. Borough revenues received through taxes collected on a nonareawide basis may be expended on general administrative costs and functions that render service only to the area outside all cities in the borough. (b) Use of borough revenues from a sales tax levied upon room rentals for a tourism marketing campaign is not subject to (a) of this section. (c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a borough that has entered into an agreement with a city located in the borough to cooperatively or jointly provide for economic development may use borough revenue from taxes, whether collected on an areawide or nonareawide basis, to carry out the terms of the agreement.
AK Stat § 29.35.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.120. Annual audit.

(a) The governing body shall provide for an annual independent audit of the accounts and financial transactions of the municipality or, in the case of a second class city, an audit or statement of annual income and expenditures. To make the audit the governing body shall designate a public accountant who has no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the municipality. Copies of the audit shall be available to the public upon request. (b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.125. Fees for police protection services.

(a) A municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on the owner of residential property, including multi-family housing, if a member of the municipal police department goes to the property an excessive number of times during a calendar year in response to a call for assistance, a complaint, an emergency, or a potential emergency. The number of responses considered to be excessive and the amount of the fee shall be set out in the ordinance that establishes the fee. The fee may not exceed the actual cost to the municipality for the excessive responses. A fee may not be imposed under this subsection for responses to calls that involve potential child neglect, potential domestic violence, as defined in AS 18.66.990, or potential stalking under AS 11.41.260 or 11.41.270. (b) An ordinance enacted under this section shall require actual notice to the property owner of police contacts and a warning that failure to take appropriate corrective action may result in the imposition of a fee. The ordinance must also define “appropriate corrective action” to include written notice to quit under AS 09.45.100 - 09.45.110 in appropriate situations as well as other types of corrective action, and provide that the property owner is not liable for the fee if that action is promptly taken. (c) A municipality may provide that a fee imposed under (a) of this section is a lien on the property to which the municipal police have been called an excessive number of times and may provide for the recording and notice of the lien. When recorded, a lien under this subsection has priority over all other liens except (1) liens for property taxes, special assessments, and sales and use taxes; (2) liens that were perfected before the recording of the lien under this subsection; and (3) mechanics' and materialmen's liens for which claims of lien under AS 34.35.070 or notices of right to lien under AS 34.35.064 have been recorded before the recording of the lien under this subsection. (d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.130. Emergency services communications centers.

(a) A municipality may establish an emergency services communications center with one or more other municipalities and one or more state, federal, or private agencies that provide emergency service communications to the same geographic area. An emergency services communications center established under this section may be organized and operated as a public nonprofit corporation under AS 10.20. (b) An emergency services communications center under this section may be governed by a board of directors. A member of a board of directors of an emergency services communications center serves without compensation but is entitled to per diem and travel expenses. If an emergency services communications center is organized as a nonprofit corporation, a member of its board of directors may not be employed by the nonprofit corporation. (c) An emergency services communications center may assess the feasibility and desirability of providing emergency services communications for the geographic area in which it is located through one central office. An emergency services communications center may (1) combine or coordinate the existing emergency services communications programs of the participating municipalities and agencies; (2) operate a dispatch center to receive all requests for emergency services and dispatch those services; (3) study the need for improvement in the timely delivery of emergency services to residents of the participating municipalities; (4) hold public hearings to obtain information concerning the timely delivery of emergency services; (5) apply for and accept federal, state, municipal, and private money, property, or assistance for use in providing the timely delivery of emergency services; (6) enter into contracts to carry out the provisions of this section; (7) employ personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (d) In this section, (1) “emergency services” means services provided by law enforcement agencies, fire departments, ambulance services, and other organizations that are intended to respond to emergency situations of imminent danger to life or property; (2) “state agency” means a department, division, or office in the executive branch of state government.
AK Stat § 29.35.133 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.133. Immunity for 911 systems.

(a) The establishment, funding, use, operation, or maintenance of enhanced 911 systems and all activities associated with those actions are specifically found to be within the ambit of AS 09.50.250(1) and AS 09.65.070(d)(6). Except for intentional acts of misconduct or gross negligence, a service supplier, local exchange telephone company, or wireless telephone company and their employees and agents are also immune from tort liability that might otherwise be incurred in the course of installing, training, maintaining, or providing enhanced 911 systems or transmitting or receiving calls on the system. (b) An individual, telephone company, or employee of a telephone company who operates or maintains an emergency 911 service is not liable for civil damages in a tort action as a result of an act, omission, failure of service, or incorrect information done or given in good faith. (c) In this section, “service supplier” means a person that provides or offers to provide telecommunications equipment or services necessary for the establishment, maintenance, or operation of an enhanced 911 system.
AK Stat § 29.35.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.135. Waiver of privacy by local exchange telephone company subscribers.

Local exchange telephone company subscribers waive the privacy afforded by unlisted or unpublished telephone numbers to the extent that the name and address associated with the telephone number may be furnished to the enhanced 911 system for call routing or for automatic retrieval of location information in response to a call initiated to the system.
AK Stat § 29.35.138 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.138. Application.

AS 29.35.131 - 29.35.137 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.140. Regulation of transportation carriers.

A municipality may not regulate an activity regarding transportation of passengers or freight for hire if the regulation conflicts with the regulation of that activity by the Alaska Transportation Commission as the regulation existed on April 1, 1983, under former AS 02.05, former AS 42.07, or former AS 42.10.
AK Stat § 29.35.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.141. Regulation of radio antennas.

(a) A municipality that regulates the placement, screening, or height of radio antennas must reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas. A municipality may require reasonable and customary engineering practices to be followed in the erection of amateur radio antennas. A municipality may impose only the minimum requirements relating to amateur radio antennas that are necessary to accomplish the legitimate purposes intended to be served by the requirements. (b) A municipality may not restrict the number of support structures for an amateur radio antenna. Based on the most recently published United States census, a municipal restriction on amateur radio antenna height may not be lower than (1) 200 feet above ground level as permitted by the Federal Communications Commission in an area with a population density of 120 or less per square mile; (2) 75 feet above ground level in an area with a population density of more than 120 per square mile for an antenna on a lot that is smaller than one acre; or (3) 140 feet above ground level in an area with a population density of more than 120 per square mile for an antenna on a lot that is one acre or larger. (c) Subject to (a) and (b) of this section, a municipality may, by ordinance, impose requirements to meet clearly defined objectives relating to screening, placement, aesthetic, and health and safety factors with respect to the erection, maintenance, and operation of amateur radio antennas. (d) An ordinance regulating or restricting radio antennas adopted under this section may not apply to a radio antenna that was erected before July 26, 2001. (e) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.144 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 1. General Powers.|Sec. 29.35.144. Sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings.

(a) Except as provided by (b) of this section, a municipality may not require a sprinkler fire protection system to be included in the construction of all new single-family residential buildings or in the construction of all new residential buildings with not more than two dwelling units. (b) A municipality may, by ordinance, require a sprinkler fire protection system to be included in the construction of all new single-family residential buildings, in the construction of all new residential buildings with not more than two dwelling units, or in both types of buildings. Before adopting an ordinance to implement this subsection, or before amending an ordinance to extend its coverage to residential buildings described in this subsection, in addition to complying with the other requirements relating to the adoption of an ordinance, the governing body of the municipality shall (1) notwithstanding the publication requirement in AS 29.25.020(b)(3) or a comparable notice publication requirement of a home rule municipality, at least 30 days before the first scheduled public hearing for the ordinance, publish (A) a summary of the ordinance or ordinance amendment; and (B) a notice of the time and place of each scheduled public hearing on the proposed ordinance or amendment; and (2) notwithstanding the public hearing schedule requirement of AS 29.25.020(b)(6) or comparable public hearing scheduling requirement of a home rule municipality, schedule at least three public hearings on the proposed ordinance or ordinance amendment to be held within a period of not less than 60 days and not more than 180 days. (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.