Man-Camp Controversy in the Heart of the Bakken -- Williston, North Dakota, USA

Link here (regional links break early and break often). 

An operator of a man camp that was issued a cease-and-desist order appeared Thursday evening before the Williams County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Officials from Center, Texas-based company Ameri-Tech Industries were on hand with legal representation.

A cease-and-desist order against the company was approved Monday for its 116-bed man camp along U.S. Highway 2, behind the Grand View Hotel.

The operator was found to be using the man camp for industrial use.

The commission agreed to let him keep the man camp open pending a final recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The writer of the article deserves plaudits for a very, very well-written article. I am impressed with the commission's deliberations, coming to, what sounds like, a just decision.

Growing pains.