Council Fields Questions/Complaints on Building Permit Issues

During the public comment part of the meeting held on Tuesday, October 26, Willy Hammar, along with his wife Joyce, talked to the council about recent building permits and what rules are being followed.

“My concern is how we are going about our building permits,” said Hammar. “About 15-16 years ago, we had some issues happening on 7th Avenue West. So we got together with a lot of people from the community and worked with the planning board. We came up with some rules that we thought would help and not pick on people at the time. Recently, we’ve had a new building move in that doesn’t meet thos...