One third of the town site’s 20 square-mile service area is water, according to a realization by the Haines Borough administration.

In October, borough planner Holly Smith plugged boundary points into a parcel map before local elections, illustrating that the waterway from Battery Point to Taiya Point and across Lutak Inlet to the ferry terminal is within the town site, and within police jurisdiction.

“Every time you say you’re going to provide a service to…