The Haines Borough Assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday to rehear a contested variance approved by the planning commission for a Haines Assisted Living building expansion.
Resident Mike Denker, whose house abuts the HAL building, appealed a second variance the project received that puts the HAL extension within a few feet of his home. Denker told the assembly the variance violated provisions of state and borough law, including that a variance not be granted if the reason…