Mud Bay event petition back up for discussion

The planning commission will discuss whether to prohibit event venues or allow them as a conditional use in the Mud Bay neighborhood if the assembly follows borough clerk Alekka Fullerton’s recommendation.

In October, about 100 residents in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone (MBRRZ) signed a petition asking that the assembly prohibit commercial events in their neighborhood, which includes much of the Chilkat Peninsula south of Carr’s Cove. In response, the assembly tasked the code…