Building height restrictions across the Haines Borough might be limited to 30 feet after the planning commission voted 5-2 last week to recommend such an amendment to borough code.

No height restrictions exist in the borough’s general use and Mud Bay rural residential zoning areas. The limit in Lutak’s rural residential zone is 35 feet.

The building height code discussion sprung up earlier this year when the commission considered raising height limits, but some members…