The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted on May 12 to rezone a popular retreat, wedding and yoga center at the northern edge of the Mud Bay neighborhood after borough staff discovered that the business’ permit expired in 2019.

The move, if approved by the Haines Borough Assembly, would detach six adjacent lots, including the Chilkat Inlet Retreat, from the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone and append them to the General Use Planning/Zoning District.

Borough…