Committee sends four ordinance fixes to City Council

City Council · Meeting of September 8, 2026

EASTHAMPTON — A City Council committee recommended four city ordinance cleanups for full council approval. The voice vote covered Chapter 1 sections 1 through 4 and Chapter 8 sections 8-1, 8-2 and 8-6, items drawn from a 2020 Ordinance Review Committee report referred to the council in 2021. Councilor Dunham said the city ordinance pieces were "really typos," while the zoning changes needed Planning Board review.

The committee held off voting on removing the 18-unit building cap and allowing duplexes by right, citing an absent councilor, and aimed for a joint November hearing to share one legal notice because the zoning notice budget was already exhausted. Members also announced a Sept. 15 joint hearing on a proposed 18-month data center construction moratorium.

In the full story:

• EASTHAMPTON — September 8, 2026
• Removing the 18-unit building cap and duplexes by right
• Ordinance Review Committee report and housekeeping changes
• Cannabis equity ordinance
• Other business and announcements
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,408 words

Source: the City Council meeting of September 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.