The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone starting in 2023—a vote that came eight months after more than 100 area residents signed a petition to prohibit such activities.
Aiming to compromise, the Planning Commission voted last month to recommend allowing commercial events as a conditional use in the zoning district. Petition organizers, including Katey Palmer, Sandy Barclay, Kristin Hathhorn and Patty Kermoian, wrote that petition signers…