Denies permit for Lutak vacation rental

Planning commissioners last week united in opposition to a petition from more than 100 residents to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone (MBRRZ).

Longtime commissioner and Mud Bay resident Rob Goldberg said he thinks the petition reflects “intolerance.” Other commissioners said they think it unfairly targets a single business — Viking Cove, a vacation-rental venue at the end of Mud Bay Road where guests occasionally…