WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - Williston's City Commission has given initial approval to a new ordinance that will eliminate oil field crew camps in city limits late this summer.
Federal Judge Daniel Hovland in June ordered the city not to enforce a July 1 shut-down deadline. His decision was based on a possible technical error by the City Commission when the group voted in November 2015 to approve the mid-summer date.
Officials drafted a new ordinance, and commissioners gave it initial approval this week. Final approval is likely later this month.
The ordinance sets a Sept. 1 deadline for crew camps to shut down, with companies given about another two years to clean up and reclaim the sites.
Workforce housing companies have sued Williston in both federal and state court, saying they're being treated unfairly.