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Municipality of Anchorage, AK chevron_right chevron_right PART II: ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL CODE chevron_right Title 24 Streets and Rights-Of-Way
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Title 24 Streets and Rights-Of-Way

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AO No. 2026-46 Amended  pdf
2026-04-28
Amends General Provisions: Oaths of Office; Amends Administration: Executive Organization; Amends Boards and Commissions: Appointments, Meetings and Procedures; Amends Regulatory and Adjudicatory Boards and Commissions; Amends Program Advisory Boards; Amends Purchasing—Procurement, Contracts, Grants, and Surplus Property: Funds for Works of Art in Public Facilities; Amends Land Use Planning: Boards, Commissions, and Municipal Administration; Amends Review and Approval Procedures; Amends Development and Design Standards; Amends Chugiak-Eagle River; Amends Signs; Amends Nonconformities; Amends Rules of Construction and Definitions; Amends Streets and Rights-Of-Way: Street and Highway Landscaping; Amends Planning and Zoning: Urban Design Commission Rules of Procedure
Ch 1.35, Ch 3.20, Ch 4.05, Ch 4.40, Ch 4.60, Ch 7.40, Ch 21.02, Ch 21.03, Ch 21.07, Ch 21.10, Ch 21.12, Ch 21.13, Ch 21.15, Ch 24.15, R21.13
Chapter 24.10 OFFICIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS PLAN (REPEALED)
Chapter 24.15 STREET AND HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING
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§ 24.15.010 Policy.
§ 24.15.020 Definitions.
§ 24.15.030 Landscaping standards.
Chapter 24.20 IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC PLACES
§ 24.20.010 Title of chapters 24.20 through 24.95.
§ 24.20.020 Interpretation of chapters 24.20 through 24.95.
§ 24.20.030 Permit, approval of plans required.
§ 24.20.040 Payment of fees; deposits.
§ 24.20.050 Performance bond; acceptance of improvements.
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§ 24.20.060 Applicability of title to Anchorage Telephone Utility (Repealed).
Chapter 24.25 MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EVENTS, PROCLAMATIONS, UNLAWFUL ACTS
§ 24.25.010 Definitions.
§ 24.25.020 Major winter weather event—Authority of mayor.
§ 24.25.030 Major winter weather event—Proclamation issuance.
§ 24.25.040 Major winter weather event—Unlawful acts.
§ 24.25.050 Major winter weather event—Termination.
§ 24.25.060 Obstruction during street cleaning and snow removal on snow route (Repealed).
Chapter 24.30 PERMIT TO USE PUBLIC PLACES
§ 24.30.010 Definitions.
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§ 24.30.020 Permit required; sidewalk permits and exemptions.
§ 24.30.025 Franchise holders; permit for use of public place—Required.
§ 24.30.030 Contents of permit application.
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§ 24.30.040 Processing of permit application; time limit for commencing and completing work.
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§ 24.30.050 Bond or indemnity deposit—Generally.
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§ 24.30.060 Bond or indemnity deposit—Multiple permits.
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§ 24.30.070 Bond or indemnity deposit—Exemptions.
§ 24.30.080 Indemnification of municipality.
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§ 24.30.090 Revocation of permit; removal of structures; unauthorized locations.
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§ 24.30.095 Fee schedule.
§ 24.30.100 Fees for use of public places.
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§ 24.30.110 Overhead charges for reimbursable municipal services.
§ 24.30.120 Issuance of permit.
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§ 24.30.130 Deferment of permit action; control of work.
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§ 24.30.140 Street closures when adjacent street is closed.
§ 24.30.150 Notification of commencement of work.
§ 24.30.160 Notification of municipal departments prior to work interfering with use of streets.
§ 24.30.170 Delay in completing work.
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§ 24.30.180 Conduct of work.
§ 24.30.190 Occupation of public places.
§ 24.30.200 Repair of damage to street.
§ 24.30.210 Notification of completion of work.
§ 24.30.220 Inspection of work; as-built information.
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§ 24.30.230 Responsibilities of permittee and owner after completion of work.
§ 24.30.240 Right to maintain pipes and conduits or make emergency excavations.
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§ 24.30.250 Report of emergency situations and protection of public safety.
§ 24.30.260 Right of municipality to use occupied area in emergency situations.
§ 24.30.270 Assignment and transfer of permit.
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§ 24.30.280 Waivers.
§ 24.30.290 Removing or disturbing survey markers.
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Chapter 24.35 SECURITY ROAD CLOSURES
§ 24.35.010 Security road closures authorized.
§ 24.35.020 Other road closures necessary to protect national security.
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§ 24.35.030 Road closures authorized by other provisions of this Code.
§ 24.35.040 Prior road closures.
Chapter 24.40 EXCAVATIONS
§ 24.40.010 Definitions.
§ 24.40.020 Warning devices, barricades and lateral support.
§ 24.40.030 Permit required for excavation and fills near improved public places.
§ 24.40.040 Additional permit required for work within public places.
§ 24.40.050 Security.
§ 24.40.060 Insurance.
§ 24.40.070 Indemnification of municipality.
§ 24.40.080 Consent to inspections.
§ 24.40.090 Hazardous excavations.
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§ 24.40.100 Submission of plans; design specifications; soil investigations.
§ 24.40.110 Compliance with approved plans.
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§ 24.40.120 Revocation or suspension of permit.
§ 24.40.130 Correction of hazardous conditions.
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§ 24.40.140 Collection of charges.
§ 24.40.150 Appeals generally.
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§ 24.40.160 Notice of appeal.
§ 24.40.170 Notification of utility company to provide aid in location of underground facilities.
§ 24.40.180 Protection of underground facilities and other utility installations.
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§ 24.40.190 Backfilling.
§ 24.40.200 Trimming of cut pavement.
§ 24.40.210 Restoration of surface and improvements.
Chapter 24.50 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
§ 24.50.010 Driveways, curb cuts and culverts.
§ 24.50.020 Sidewalk construction and repair.
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§ 24.50.030 Scaffolds generally.
§ 24.50.040 Warning lights and barricades.
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§ 24.50.050 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Permit required.
§ 24.50.060 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Applicability of permit.
§ 24.50.070 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Cleaning with steam.
§ 24.50.080 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Use of acids or chemicals.
§ 24.50.090 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Scaffolding.
§ 24.50.100 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Protective tarpaulins.
§ 24.50.110 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Barricades.
§ 24.50.120 Building cleaning, painting or changing—Use of ladders.
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§ 24.50.130 Building construction, demolition or repair—Generally.
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§ 24.50.140 Building construction, demolition or repair—Permit for street or walk area use.
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§ 24.50.150 Building construction, demolition or repair—Fence or enclosure required.
§ 24.50.160 Building construction, demolition or repair—Specifications for fence or enclosure.
§ 24.50.170 Building construction, demolition or repair—Obstruction of public utility, traffic facility or gutter.
§ 24.50.180 Building construction, demolition or repair—Disposition of earth and rubbish.
§ 24.50.190 Building construction, demolition or repair—Mixing mortar and concrete.
§ 24.50.200 Building construction, demolition or repair—Repair of damage to public facilities.
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§ 24.50.210 Building construction, demolition or repair—Excavations and cave-ins adjacent to street area.
§ 24.50.220 Building construction, demolition or repair—Driving over sidewalk or curb.
§ 24.50.230 Building construction, demolition or repair—Cleanup.
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§ 24.50.240 Building construction, demolition or repair—Covered walkways required for certain construction; general standards.
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§ 24.50.250 Building construction, demolition or repair—Minimum load bearing for covered walkways.
§ 24.50.260 Building construction, demolition or repair—Storing materials or working on roof of covered walkway.
§ 24.50.270 Building construction, demolition or repair—Lighting of covered walkways.
§ 24.50.280 Building construction, demolition or repair—Uncovered temporary walkways.
§ 24.50.290 Building construction, demolition or repair—Laying of ends of walkways.
§ 24.50.300 Discharge of cooling water.
§ 24.50.310 Raising or lowering objects.
Chapter 24.60 UTILITY PERMITS
§ 24.60.010 Permit for use of public place—Required; exceptions (Renumbered).
§ 24.60.020 Utility installations—Permit required; revocation; conditions.
§ 24.60.030 Utility installations—Application for permit; issuance.
§ 24.60.040 Utility installations—Blanket utility permits; provision for; work log required; individual public place permit not required.
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§ 24.60.050 Utility installations—Permit fees.
§ 24.60.060 Utility installations—Restoration warranty for work inside a roadway prism; remedies.
§ 24.60.070 Utility installations—Restoration warranty for work outside a roadway prism; remedies.
§ 24.60.080 Transfer of utility ownership.
§ 24.60.090 Utility installations—Authority to require joint use of facilities.
§ 24.60.100 Utility installations—Disconnection of wires to allow moving of buildings.
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§ 24.60.120 Utility installations—Order to change, relocate or remove facilities; "public convenience and necessity" defined.
§ 24.60.130 Utility installations—Underground placement of distribution lines.
§ 24.60.140 Utility installations—Removal of facilities on cessation of use.
§ 24.60.150 Utility installations—Provision for future street grades.
§ 24.60.160 Utility installations—Reference markers.
§ 24.60.170 Utility installations—Indemnification of municipality.
Chapter 24.70 TREES AND OTHER PLANTS
§ 24.70.010 Prohibited trees.
§ 24.70.020 Responsibilities of abutting property owners; setback of trees from street or sidewalk.
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§ 24.70.030 Removal of dead, hazardous or illegally located trees.
§ 24.70.040 Maximum height of plants in parking strips at intersections.
§ 24.70.050 Fencing of plantings in parking strip.
§ 24.70.060 Tree planting standards.
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§ 24.70.070 Damaging trees or other plants.
§ 24.70.080 Penalty.
§ 24.70.090 Trimming of trees in contact with public service wires.
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Chapter 24.75 SIDEWALK VENDORS
§ 24.75.010 Definitions.
§ 24.75.020 Permitting authority; permit required; compliance with terms of permit.
§ 24.75.030 Transferability.
§ 24.75.040 Sidewalk vendor permits—Bidding and award.
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§ 24.75.050 Fines, penalties, and appeals.
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§ 24.75.060 Sidewalk vendors—Designation and assignment of vendor sites.
§ 24.75.070 Posting of permits, permits and certificates; equipment.
§ 24.75.080 Sidewalk vendors—Permitted types of goods and services.
§ 24.75.090 Insurance.
§ 24.75.100 Prohibited acts.
§ 24.75.110 Inspections.
Chapter 24.80 MISCELLANEOUS USE PROVISIONS
§ 24.80.010 Exhibition permit.
§ 24.80.015 Street solicitation permit.
§ 24.80.020 Opening and searching impounded vehicles.
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§ 24.80.030 Encroachment on sidewalk by gasoline pumps.
§ 24.80.040 Obstructing ditches, gutters or drains.
§ 24.80.045 Construction track out, spilled loads and material in a public place.
§ 24.80.050 Removal of debris in public places.
§ 24.80.060 Spilled loads.
§ 24.80.065 Tracked vehicles.
§ 24.80.070 Depositing material in gutters.
§ 24.80.075 Sump pumps and water.
§ 24.80.080 Alley maintenance.
§ 24.80.085 Obstruction of a public park, easement, right-of-way, or other public interest on or abutting private property.
§ 24.80.090 Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks and accessible parking spaces—Duties of occupants of real property.
§ 24.80.100 Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks and accessible parking spaces—Definitions.
§ 24.80.110 Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks and accessible parking spaces—Penalties.
Chapter 24.90 ENCROACHMENT PERMIT
§ 24.90.010 "Encroachment" defined.
§ 24.90.020 Permit required.
§ 24.90.030 Removal of unauthorized encroachments.
§ 24.90.040 Approval of existing encroachments.
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§ 24.90.050 Appeals.
§ 24.90.060 Fee.
§ 24.90.070 Applicability of chapter to persons doing construction or excavation work.
Chapter 24.95 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 24.95.010 Generally.
§ 24.95.020 Violations—Prosecution of causes under prior ordinances of former governments (Repealed).
§ 24.95.030 Civil actions.
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