The Haines Borough Planning Commission reversed course last week, advancing a code change that would allow large-scale resource extraction in the Mud Bay zoning district, including by non-resident landowners.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to resurrect conditional use permitting for property owners seeking to move over 30,000 board feet of timber or 1,500 cubic yards of gravel on a three-acre lot over a three-year period. The allowance is less for smaller lot sizes.
Commissioner Sylvia Heinz recused…
