00SENATE BILL NO. 211                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to the definitions of subdivision and street."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 29.71.800(22) is amended to read:                                                                   
04   (22)  "street" has the meaning given in AS 40.15.290 [INCLUDES                                                     
05 STREETS, AVENUES, BOULEVARDS, ROADS, LANES, ALLEYS, AND OTHER                                                           
06 WAYS];                                                                                                                  
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.71.800(23) is amended to read:                                                                      
08   (23)  "subdivision" has the meaning given in AS 40.15.290                                                          
09   [(A)  MEANS THE DIVISION OF A PARCEL OF LAND                                                                        
10 INTO TWO OR MORE LOTS OR OTHER DIVISIONS FOR THE PURPOSE                                                                
11 OF SALE OR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDES RESUBDIVISION,                                                                
12 AND RELATES TO THE PROCESS OF SUBDIVIDING OR TO THE LAND                                                                
13 SUBDIVIDED;                                                                                                             
14   (B)  DOES NOT INCLUDE CADASTRAL PLATS,                                                                              

01 CADASTRAL CONTROL PLATS, OPEN-TO-ENTRY PLATS, OR REMOTE                                                                 
02 PARCEL PLATS CREATED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE STATE                                                                       
03 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THESE PLATS INCLUDE EASEMENTS OR                                                                  
04 OTHER PUBLIC DEDICATIONS];                                                                                              
05    * Sec. 3.  AS 40.15.290 is amended to read:                                                                          
06  Sec. 40.15.290.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter                                                                        
07   (1)  "street" means an access way in common use including all of the                                                
08 land lying within a dedicated right-of-way as delineated on a plat showing streets,                                     
09 whether improved or unimproved [INCLUDES STREETS, AVENUES,                                                             
10 BOULEVARDS, ROADS, LANES, ALLEYS, AND OTHER WAYS];                                                                      
11   (2)  "subdivision"                                                                                                   
12   (A)  means the division of a tract or parcel of land into two or                                                    
13 more lots or by the creation of public access [, SITES, OR OTHER                                                      
14 DIVISIONS FOR THE PURPOSE, WHETHER IMMEDIATE OR FUTURE,                                                                 
15 OF SALE OR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, AND INCLUDES                                                                           
16 RESUBDIVISION AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE TO THE CONTEXT,                                                                     
17 RELATES TO THE PROCESS OF SUBDIVIDING OR TO THE LAND OR                                                                 
18 AREAS SUBDIVIDED];                                                                                                      
19   (B)  does not include cadastral plats, cadastral control plats,                                                     
20 open-to-entry plats, or remote parcel plats created by or on behalf of the state                                        
21 regardless of whether these plats include easements or other public dedications.                                        
22    * Sec. 4.  AS 34.65.100 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                
23   (6)  "subdivision" has the meaning given in AS 40.15.290.                                                            
24    * Sec. 5.  AS 38.04.910 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                
25   (13)  "subdivision" has the meaning given in AS 40.15.290.                                                           
26    * Sec. 6.  AS 46.03.900 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                
27   (36)  "subdivision" has the meaning given in AS 40.15.290.