Parking regulations for commercial development in the Haines townsite could soon be relaxed to allow adjacent, on-street parking to count toward parking space requirements.

Businesses currently are required to provide a certain amount of off-street parking based on number of employees and their building’s square footage.

A proposed ordinance, introduced at the Haines Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday, would amend code to allow new businesses to count on-street, short-term parking spaces toward their parking requirements. The…