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City of Kake Code

Our code is a living document and will be updated as ordinances are added, deleted, or modified by the city council. 

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Code sections

To help navigate this complex document here is a list of the sections found in our code.

 

01. General Procedures

03. Administration and Personnel 

06. Council 

09. Elections 

12. Ordinances 

15. Public Finance 

18. Business Licenses and Regulations

24. Health and Safety 

27. Emergency Management 

30. Crimes 

39. Alcoholic Beverages 

45. Streets, Sidewalks, Public Places 

48. Traffic 

51. Animals 

54. Building Regulations 

57. Municipal Property 

58. Lands 

59. Real Property Disposals 

60. Public Utilities 

64. Boat Harbor 

67. Taxation 

72. Subdivisions 

90. Zoning 

93. Planning Commission

Codes up for review

Below you will find the current proposed changes to Kake's City Codes. Anything underlined and in bold will be new added language and anything highlighted is the old language that is bein removed. 

Code 24 and 93--changes finalized Feb. 2025

24. 20.010-170

Update terms 

Throughout the 'Dangerous Buildings' section, the term Public Works Director (PWD) will be replaced with the term Land Planning Commission.  All the authority and responsibilities of the PWD will be transferred to the land planning commission. The Land Planning Commission will provide all recommendations to the city council for final approval and any actions will be signed off by the mayor.  

24.20.060-070

Delete these sections due to repetition. 

Noncompliance Hearing: Notice.

"Upon receipt of a report from the director of public works as provided for in Sec. 24.20.050(2), the city council shall give notice to the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee, agent, and all other persons having an interest in the building to appear before the council on the date specified in the notice to show cause why the building or structure reported to be a dangerous building should not be repaired, vacated, or demolished in accordance with the statement of particulars set forth in the director of public works' notice provided for in Sec. 24.20.050(2)." 

Noncompliance Hearing: Findings of the City Council. 

"The city council shall make written findings of fact from the testimony offered at the hearing as to whether or not the building in question is a dangerous building within the terms of Sec. 24.20.010."

93.04.170

Update pay for the land 

planning commission

Compensation.

"Members shall serve with compensation, established by the council at twenty-five dollars seventy-five dollars per regular meeting and five dollars per special meetingExpenses of the land planning commission and its staff are paid as directed by the council."

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