Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission
Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes
Article 7 - Standards for Detachment from Cities
3 AAC 110.263 - Legislative review

(1) the health, safety, or general welfare of city residents is or will be endangered by conditions existing or potentially developing in the territory, and detachment will enable the city to regulate or control the detrimental effects of those conditions;

(2) it is impossible or impractical for the city to extend facilities or services to the territory;

(3) residents or property owners within the territory have not received, and do not reasonably expect to receive, directly or indirectly, the benefit of city government without significant additional tax contributions;

(4) the commission determines that specific policies set out in the Constitution of the State of Alaska, AS 29.04, AS 29.05, or AS 29.06 are best served through detachment of the territory by the legislative review process, and that detachment is in the best interests of the state.