An upland area classified settlement is land that is, by reason of its physical qualities and location, suitable for year-round or seasonal residential or private recreational use or for commercial or industrial development. Tideland, submerged land, or shoreland classified settlement is land that is suitable for floathomes, or land that is immediately adjacent to upland areas with existing or proposed settlement and that will be managed to support those existing or proposed upland settlement uses.

(Eff. 9/7/83, Register 87; am 8/16/89, Register 111)

Authority: AS 38.04.065, AS 38.04.900, AS 38.05.020, AS 38.05.300