Hampton council voted this week against a controversial zoning amendment that would have allowed a scrap and salvage yard in the Bloomfield area of the municipality.
Residents happy council didn’t accept revised proposal tightening restrictions on activity at site
Nipun Tiwari · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 16, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Hampton council voted on a revised zoning proposal after residents objected to the original one. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Hampton council voted this week against a controversial zoning amendment that would have allowed a scrap and salvage yard in Bloomfield.
Residents had made it clear to council they didn’t want the scrapyard proposed for a three-acre site (1.3-hectare) in the rural Kings County community that now falls within the municipality of Hampton.
Council first considered the rezoning in the spring, but after residents pushed back, staff were asked to come back with revisions. These were rejected in a vote this week.
“It was a nail-biter,” said Krista Bietz-Bielecki, who led the opposition to the rezoning and saw the vote as a positive outcome.
“Despite everything,
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