Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission
Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes
Article 1 - Standards for Incorporation of Cities
3 AAC 110.040 - Boundaries

(a) In accordance with AS 29.05.011(a)(2), the boundaries of a proposed city must include all land and water necessary to provide the development of essential municipal services on an efficient, cost-effective level. In this regard, the commission may consider relevant factors, including

(b) To promote the limitation of community, the boundaries of the proposed city

(c) Absent a specific and persuasive showing to the contrary, the commission will presume that territory proposed for incorporation that is noncontiguous or that contains enclaves does not include all land and water necessary to allow for the development of essential municipal services on an efficient, cost-effective level.

(d) If a petition for incorporation of a proposed city describes boundaries overlapping the boundaries of an existing organized borough or city, the petition for incorporation must also address and comply with all standards and procedures to alter the boundaries of the existing organized borough or city to remove the overlapping territory. The commission will consider that petition for incorporation as also being a petition to alter the boundaries of the existing borough or city.