Planning and Zoning Commission holds four public hearings

Wrangell's Planning and Zoning Commission met last Tuesday evening, March 17, to hold a series of public hearings on several permit requests and agreement modifications.

The first hearing was on a conditional use permit request for agricultural development. This request came from Laura and Dwane Ballou of Oceanview Gardens. They recently purchased Lots 14A and 14B of USS 2589, in an area more commonly known as Sealy's Mt. The Ballous propose to use the land for raised beds, orchards, greenhouses, and high tunnels. The commission approved of this permit request, on the condition that a buffer o...