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Adding a chapter creating a Port Industrial Zone in the Town of La Conner’s Uniform Development Code will “preserve” for the long term the Port of Skagit’s La Conner Marina property for maritime industries, Port Communications Director Linda Tyler wrote in response to Weekly News questions about the Sept. 20 town planning commission hearing. The Port made a 2022 recommendation for a change to the Town’s code in January.

The proposed chapter, 15.42, Port Industrial Zone, allows 60 foot tall buildings. Mavrik Marine’s expansion in 2020-2021 was approved under a variance. “Marit...