First Monday building ban lifted with caveat
Dec. 15, the Canton City Council unanimously lifted the moratorium on building on First Monday grounds.
The ban on individuals building on city owned property had been in place since 2013.
“The lifting of the moratorium doesn’t mean we’re in favor of letting every Tom, Dick and Harry build a building,” Mayor pro tem Shawn Stewart said. “But in some spots, some buildings of a certain size make sense for someone else to build instead of the city.”
The moratorium was almost too restrictive, Councilwoman Cindy Malouf said, because it didn’t allow renovation of existing buildings.
On a motion made by Stewart and seconded by Councilman Nathan Moore, the council agreed to remove the moratorium but require that all building on city property on First Monday grounds come to the council for approval on a case-by-case basis.
– Donnita Fisher
