Mud Bay residents submit petition to assembly to ban commercial events

Mud Bay residents submitted a petition to the Haines Borough Assembly requesting a code change to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone (MBRRZ), which encompasses much of the Chilkat Peninsula south of Carr’s Cove.

Signed by more than 100 residents, the petition asks that commercial event venues join heliports and resource extraction on the list of prohibited uses in the MBRRZ.

“Mud Bay residents and property owners value the quiet enjoyment…