Alaska Statutes.
Title 29. Municipal Government
Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties
Section 210. Second Class Borough Powers.
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AS 29.35.210. Second Class Borough Powers.

(a) A second class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on a nonareawide basis:

(1) provide transportation systems;

(2) regulate the offering for sale, exposure for sale, sale, use, or explosion of fireworks;

(3) license, impound, and dispose of animals;

(4) subject to AS 29.35.050 , provide garbage, solid waste, and septic waste collection and disposal;

(5) provide air pollution control under AS 46.14.400 ;

(6) provide water pollution control;

(7) participate in federal or state loan programs for housing rehabilitation and improvement for energy conservation;

(8) provide for economic development;

(9) provide for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails under AS 19.30.111 - 19.30.251;

(10) establish an emergency services communications center under AS 29.35.130;

(11) subject to AS 28.01.010 , regulate the licensing and operation of motor vehicles and operators;

(12) engage in activities authorized under AS 29.47.460 ;

(13) contain, clean up, or prevent a release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance, and exercise a power granted to a municipality under AS 46.04, AS 46.08, or AS 46.09; the borough shall exercise its authority under this paragraph in a manner that is consistent with a regional master plan prepared by the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.04.210 .

(b) A second class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on an areawide basis:

(1) provide transportation systems;

(2) license, impound, and dispose of animals;

(3) provide air pollution control under AS 46.14.400 ;

(4) provide water pollution control;

(5) license day care facilities.

(c) In addition to powers conferred by (a) of this section, a second class borough may, on a nonareawide basis, exercise a power not otherwise prohibited by law if the exercise of the power has been approved at an election by a majority of voters living in the borough but outside all cities in the borough.

(d) In addition to powers conferred by (b) of this section, a second class borough may, on an areawide basis, exercise a power not otherwise prohibited by law if the power has been acquired in accordance with AS 29.35.300.

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