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Ordinance committee backs temporary limits on large data centers, sends 1-year sunset amendment to full APC
Summary
Tippecanoe County APC’s ordinance committee voted to forward an amendment that would subject large data centers of 10,000 sq ft or more in I-2 zones to special exception review and a one-year sunset while staff develops more detailed rules.
The Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission (APC) ordinance committee voted to forward an amendment aimed at pausing large data-center development while staff completes a more comprehensive review.
APC members directed staff to send an amendment to the full APC that would treat “large data centers” of 10,000 square feet or more as allowable in I-2 industrial zoning districts only by special exception and include a one-year sunset provision. The committee amended an earlier staff suggestion that had set the threshold at 5,000 square feet and considered including I-3 zones before removing I-3 from the motion.
The committee’s move was framed as a temporary measure to “buy time” for staff to study impacts such as noise, electricity and water use and to draft enforceable performance…
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