Beacon Building Freeze Vote Expected Soon

Council will hold public hearing on Sept. 18
By Jeff Simms
The Beacon City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, Sept. 18, to discuss the city’s proposed building moratorium. The soonest it could vote on the proposal is at its meeting scheduled for Oct. 2.
If adopted, the six-month moratorium would be effective immediately, so if passed in October it would run into April. Projects involving single-family homes would be exempted, while commercial building is expected to be part of the freeze. read more...