Officials published a detailed map showing properties that meet their criteria of concern because of design elements common to almost every structure that’s collapsed in the last two winters.
Kaden Zimmerman, left, and Curvin Zimmerman, of K-Bay Ice Dam Company, shovel the roof of Value Liquor on Jewel Lake Road in Anchorage on February 9, 2024. under this year’s exceptionally heavy snow load, city officials published a map detailing which properties are at the highest risk of failure.published by the municipality’s Development Services department, shows more than 1,000 properties with commercial wood structures on them built between 1970 and 1995.
“At this point, the letters that were sent out were notifications that could have this construction,” said Daniel King, a plan review engineer with the city. Out of “an abundance of caution,” he added, officials closed several other businesses sharing the strip mall. But by Friday, snow had been shoveled off the roof and most of the shops were open for business.
Lear Green, co-owner of the restaurant, said it was closed as it usually is on Tuesdays, when the city posted the red “unsafe” notice. She was worried, because remaining closed would cost the restaurant critical business days, but staying open would risk safety of staff and customers. A family who owns a vape and smoke shop at the south end of the strip mall shoveled the roofs for all the businesses, Green said.
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