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Muscatine County advances crypto/data-center zoning; tables private-burial rules after supervisors raise concerns
Summary
Supervisors approved on first reading a zoning change to allow cryptocurrency mining and data centers only by special-use permit in industrial zones, and indefinitely tabled proposed rules for private burial sites after a debate about future taxpayer liability and ownership responsibilities.
Muscatine County supervisors voted on April 28 to approve on the first of three readings an amendment to the county zoning ordinance that would define “crypto mining or production installations” and treat them, along with data centers, as special-permitted uses in I-1 (light industrial) and I-2 (heavy industrial) districts.
The measure was moved and passed on a roll call vote, with all supervisors voting in favor. County staff said the change is intended to confine such facilities to industrial areas and allow case-by-case review through the special-use permitting process.
County planning staffer Eric (county staff) told the board: “We are proposing adoption of an actual definition for crypto mining or production installations and data centers.” He said the zoning commission recommended the definition and the placement of those uses in industrial districts to address concerns about size, noise, heat and water use and to avoid locating such facilities in residential…
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