The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
"Watershed district"
means those lands and waters designated as the Anchorage Watershed District on the map which is printed following this chapter.
(CAC 10.56.020; AO No. 87-77)
A. 
Within the watershed district no person shall commit any of the following acts without having a permit issued by the department:
1. 
Make use of any surface water, springs or groundwater, whether flowing or not.
2. 
Obstruct, interrupt or interfere with any surface or underground drainage, runoff, flow of water or watercourse.
3. 
Construct any dam, ditch, dike, road or trail.
4. 
Dig, excavate, drill or otherwise disturb the surface or underground.
5. 
Remove, clear or otherwise destroy by mechanical or chemical means any trees, brush, grass, plants or other natural ground cover.
6. 
Cultivate, plow, sow or plant any land.
7. 
Start or maintain any fire.
8. 
Maintain or store any combustible or flammable material.
9. 
Pollute, contaminate, discharge or dump any water, refuse, debris or material into any reservoir, pipeline, stream, rill, drainage, runoff, watercourse or other groundwater and surface water source or supply.
10. 
Use any spray, chemicals or insecticides.
11. 
Otherwise damage, injure, contaminate, pollute, obstruct or interfere with the surface or underground in any manner that may affect the rainfall or precipitation and the collection, drainage, sources, supply, runoff or watercourses of groundwater and surface water.
12. 
Fish or hunt except as permitted by state law.
B. 
No person shall cause or permit a sewage disposal system to be located within the drainage of any watershed area used for or reserved for use as a source of public water supply.
(CAC 10.56.030, 10.56.130; GAAB 16.45.030.C)
A. 
Criteria for issuance. No permit allowing any act prohibited by section 15.50.020 shall be issued unless the applicant for the permit shall satisfy the department that any such act will not contaminate, interrupt, interfere with or injure the watershed district and water supply and shall meet the requirements set forth in subsection B of this section.
B. 
Compliance with applicable regulations. No permit shall be issued pursuant to this chapter unless the act to be permitted complies with the water supply, waste disposal and water pollution control laws and regulations of the state department of environmental conservation and the department and is a use permitted in the municipal watershed district by the zoning ordinance of the municipality.
PU Map
(CAC 10.56.050, 10.56.120)