Council discusses using Municipal Curative Amendment Process to limit data-center development

Jul 14, 2026

Solicitor Michael Gombar briefed Council on invoking the Municipal Curative Amendment Process to pause data-center land-development submissions for six months while the Borough drafts standards; Council agreed to move further discussion to the Infrastructure committee.

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Solicitor Michael Gombar told Council that the Borough could initiate the Municipal Curative Amendment Process to proactively address potential data-center development, noting the process would provide six months to draft a detailed ordinance and would bar the Borough from entertaining land-development applications for data centers during that period. He also warned the Borough could not use the process again for three years.

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