SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Council approves ordinance financed by GoFundMe campaign (AUDIO)

Kira Erickson reports from the Langley City Council meeting of Tue., Sep. 6, 2022:

This week, the Langley City Council unanimously approved the second reading for an ordinance capable of limiting wireless facilities…

Langley resident Mark Wahl, who has taken a special interest in this issue, raised $8,800 through a GoFundMe account to foot the bill for the new ordinance.

They Said It

The council unanimously approved the wireless ordinance. Even Councilmember Thomas Gill, who was an early opponent of the new code, had nothing but good things to say about it.

“Having a chance to kind of look at it from a different point of view, I think it’s perfectly reasonable,” he said.

[Island County] Commissioner Melanie Bacon said she plans to ask for a review of this code, but is not confident there will be enough support to get it on the county planning department’s work plan for 2023.