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Alaska AS 29.40.130 — State-Owned Airport Noise & Hazard Coordination (AK)

Tracked preemption from the Alaska overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1985-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:AK
Other Alaska preemptions
Alaska — No Statewide Short-Term Rental PreemptionAlaska — No Statewide Density / ADU / IZ / Design PreemptionAlaska Coastal Management Program — Terminated 2011 (No Statewide Coastal Overlay)Alaska AS 29.40.010 — Borough-Level Zoning Enabling (No State Override)Alaska AS 29.10.200 — Home-Rule Procedural FloorAlaska AS 29.40.020 — Comprehensive Plan Consistency DoctrineAlaska — Federal & ANCSA Native Lands Parcel Layer (Non-Zoned)Alaska Title 38 — State Proprietary Land Preemption (Parcel-Level)
Primary-source summary
**Last reviewed**: April 2026 **Activity level**: Low — Alaska retains a strongly local-control / home-rule framework. No MBTA-Communities-style mandate, no statewide ADU or density preemption, no statewide STR preemption. Zoning authority is delegated through AS 29.40, and the unusual borough/city unified structure is the dominant wrinkle.

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.contains_state_owned_airport == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].airport_noise_hazard_overlayoverridestate_aviation_overlay_supersedes_localState aviation noise/hazard zoning overlays local zoning around state-owned airports (e.g., Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Fairbanks International, Juneau International)

Citation

Authority source
Alaska Statutes AS 29.40.130
§ AS 29.40.130 (Airport zoning / noise regulation)
https://law.justia.com/codes/alaska/title-29/chapter-29-40/section-29-40-130/

Research notes

AS 29.40.130 contains airport-zoning coordination language that interacts with state-owned aviation facilities. Federal conflict check enabled because FAA Part 77 surfaces and other federal airspace regulations also apply at the same facilities. Apply only where a state-owned airport with published noise/hazard zoning exists within the municipality (ANC, FAI, JNU primarily; smaller state airports per the DOT&PF inventory).