FAIRBANKS - A half-dozen neighborhoods will host public meetings next month on a plan to change land-use rules across Fairbanks.

The meetings focus on a proposal before the Borough Assembly to redefine a process used to figure where and when a landowner can employ grandfather property rights. Such rights let owners stray from certain prescriptions in land-use laws if, for example, someone’s home sits on land designated for business purposes.

A case-by-case process is used to determine when grandfather rights apply. Under the proposed change, landowners would pay a $250 fee for an analysis by public planners about grandfather rights questions. Planners would need to inform the property owner’s neighbors before issuing an administrative decision on the application and the proposal would address inconsistencies in the grandfather rules.

Public planners proposed the changes following an early 2009 review of the now-shuttered Dogs Bar near the Steese Expressway.

IF YOU GO

Land-use rules

public meetings

(all meetings

6-7 p.m.)

North Pole City Hall, Nov. 9

Salcha Elementary, Nov. 10

Ester fire house, Nov. 12

Borough Assembly chambers, Nov. 16

Ken Kunkel Community Center, Nov. 18

Two Rivers Elementary, Nov. 19