Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.25.180 Applicability of municipal enactments.
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Article 3. Encroachments in Highways. Notwithstanding AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, a municipality may enact ordinances that regulate outdoor advertising in a way that is more restrictive than the provisions of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180.
AS 19.25.200 Encroachment permits; liability.
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(a) An encroachment may be constructed, placed, changed, or maintained across or along a highway, but only in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. An encroachment may not be constructed, placed, maintained, or changed until it is authorized by a written permit i…
AS 19.25.210 Relocation or removal of encroachment.
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If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines and orders that an encroachment previously authorized by written permit must be changed, relocated, or removed, the owner of the encroachment shall change, relocate, or remove it at no…
AS 19.25.220 Unauthorized encroachments.
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If an unauthorized encroachment exists in, on, under, or over a state highway, the department may require the removal of the encroachment in the manner provided in AS 19.25.230 — 19.25.250.
AS 19.25.230 Notice of removal.
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Except as otherwise provided in AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210, and 19.25.240, notice shall be given the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment, or to any other person causing or permitting the encroachment to exist, by serving upon any of them a notice demanding t…
AS 19.25.240 Summary removal.
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The department may at any time remove from a state highway or road an encroachment that obstructs or prevents the use of the highway or road by the public.
AS 19.25.250 Removal after noncompliance; removal expense.
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Article 4. Roadside Memorials. After a failure of the owner of an encroachment to comply with a notice or demand of the department under the provisions of AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210 and 19.25.230, the department may remove, or cause to be removed, the encroachment, and the owner of …
AS 19.25.260 Roadside memorials permitted.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 19.25.090, 19.25.105, and 19.25.200, a person may, for a period of not more than two years, place in the right-of-way but outside of the traveled way of a state highway a temporary memorial for a decedent who died as a result of a traffic accident, or other…
AS 19.25.270 Relocation or removal of memorial.
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(a) If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines that a memorial authorized by AS 19.25.260 must be changed, relocated, or removed, the person who placed the memorial within the right-of-way shall change, relocate, or remove the …
AS 19.27.010 Purpose.
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For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways and other roads maintained by the state, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of land bordering public highwa…
AS 19.27.020 Limitations of junk yards.
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A person may not establish, operate, or maintain a junk yard, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate, primary or secondary highway or other road maintained by the state, except the following: (1) those which are screene…
AS 19.27.030 Junk yards lawfully in existence.
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(a) A junk yard lawfully in existence on August 6, 1968, that is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system shall be screened, if feasible, so as not to be visible from the ma…
AS 19.27.035 Screening by department; lien.
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(a) If the owner or operator of a junk yard does not screen the yard under AS 19.27.030, and the department has not determined that screening would be unfeasible, the department may screen the yard. The owner or operator shall reimburse the department for the costs of the labor a…
AS 19.27.040 Regulations concerning screening and fencing.
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The department may adopt regulations governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance, including the materials used in the screening or fencing required by this chapter.
AS 19.27.050 Authority to acquire property interests for removal or screening of junk yards.
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When the department determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway or the road maintained by the state will not permit adequate screening of those junk yards lawfully in existence as provided in AS 19.27.030 or the screening of the junk yards would not be econom…
AS 19.27.060 Violating junk yard a nuisance.
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A junk yard that is in violation of a provision of this title, or a regulation adopted under this title, is a public nuisance.
AS 19.27.070 Junk yards in existence on date of enactment. [Repealed, § 22 ch 94 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.27.080 Injunction.
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At the request of the department the attorney general may institute a civil action in superior court to abate a junk yard that is a nuisance as defined in this chapter. In the proceedings the court shall determine whether the junk yard is a nuisance as defined in this chapter and…
AS 19.27.090 Interpretation.
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This chapter may not be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any law, ordinance, regulation, or resolution that is more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
AS 19.27.100 Agreements with the United States.
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The department may enter into agreements in conformity with this title with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by 23 U.S.C., relating to the control of junk yards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and take action in the name of the st…
AS 19.27.110 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “automobile graveyard” means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated primarily for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts; (2) “interstate system…
AS 19.27.120 Penalty for violation.
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A person who violates this chapter, or a regulation adopted under it, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
AS 19.27.130 Additional requirements.
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The requirements imposed by this chapter relative to junk yards are in addition to the requirements of AS 08.60.050 — 08.60.100.
AS 19.27.140 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the Junk Yard Control Act.
AS 19.30.010 Findings. [Repealed, § 6 ch 167 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.020 Purpose.
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The purpose of AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051 is to facilitate the commercial development of mineral resources, except oil and gas, by authorizing funds to participate in construction of developmental access roads into areas where mining prospects of valid commercial promise are inacce…
AS 19.30.030 Commissioner of natural resources to approve application.
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(a) The commissioner of natural resources may approve applications for construction of developmental access roads under AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051. (b) A request for construction assistance shall be submitted to the commissioner of natural resources by the resource developer, setti…
AS 19.30.040 Construction and maintenance.
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(a) Upon approval of an application and agreement as to state participation, the applicant resource developer shall submit to the commissioner of natural resources road plans and specifications for the standard of construction the applicant believes to be necessary to develop the…
AS 19.30.045 Canadian minerals.
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The state may elect, at the joint discretion of the commissioners of transportation and public facilities and natural resources, to authorize participation in a similar manner to that authorized in AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.040, in construction and maintenance of developmental access …
AS 19.30.050 Permanent capital structures prohibited. [Repealed, § 4 ch 129 SLA 1968.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.051 Regulations.
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Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal. The commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities shall adopt regulations to implement the purposes of AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051.
AS 19.30.060 Purpose.
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It is the purpose of AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100 to provide access to state land that is programmed for surface disposal, and to provide access roads at the lowest possible cost.
AS 19.30.070 Contracts for construction of roads.
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The director of the division of lands may contract with private persons for the construction of roads to and on state land programmed for surface disposal that are not more than six miles from existing roads or highways. Contracts under this section are governed by AS 36.30 (Stat…
AS 19.30.080 Construction standards and maintenance.
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An access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100 shall be of low standard, not necessarily suitable for all weather use. The state is not under obligation to maintain an access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100. If an access road is constructed outside a mu…
AS 19.30.090 Payment of construction costs in land credit certificates.
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The cost of constructing access roads to state land shall be paid in freely transferable land credit certificates which may be applied toward the purchase or lease of any state land under the jurisdiction of the division of lands, except tide, submerged, and shoreland and land be…
AS 19.30.100 Commissioner of natural resources may adopt regulations.
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Article 3. Local Service Roads and Trails. The commissioner of natural resources may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100.
AS 19.30.110 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.111 Purpose.
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It is the purpose of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.251 to provide for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails that are not included in the approved federal-aid primary highway systems eligible for federal-state matching funds.
AS 19.30.120 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.121 Regulations.
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The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241.
AS 19.30.127 Allocation districts.
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The state is divided into five allocation districts as follows: (1) The boundary of allocation district one begins in Kamishak Bay at 59° 15´ N, 154° 00´W; and travels north along longitude line 154° 00´W to latitude 63° 00´N; thence east along latitude line 63° 00´N to a point c…
AS 19.30.130 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.131 Allocation of funds.
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(a) During each fiscal year the commissioner shall allocate sums appropriated or otherwise designated for expenditure upon local service roads for that fiscal year among the five allocation districts in the following manner: one-half in the ratio that the area of each allocation …
AS 19.30.140 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.141 Acquisition and construction programs.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.150 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.151 Local government participation.
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(a) Upon application by a local government, local service roads and trails constructed under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241 and located within the jurisdictional boundaries of a local government may be transferred to that local government upon approval by the departme…
AS 19.30.160 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.161 Design standards, rights-of-way, and widths.
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Design standards, rights-of-way, and widths for each local service road and trail project must have the prior approval of the commissioner, unless the project is under the supervision of a local government that has assumed local road powers. Where approval is required the commiss…
AS 19.30.170 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]