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Residents tell commissioners to halt rezonings for data centers, seek hearings on amended solar and tax-abatement rules
Summary
Three residents urged the St. Joseph County commissioners on Aug. 19 to reconsider rezonings for data centers, to hold public hearings on an amended anti-solar ordinance, and to scrutinize a new tax-abatement ordinance that they say removes community-benefit requirements.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. — Residents speaking during public comment at the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners’ Aug. 19 meeting urged officials to stop further rezonings for data centers, to allow public hearings on an amended solar ordinance, and to reassess a recently introduced tax-abatement ordinance.
Dan Caruso of New Carlisle told commissioners the Area Plan Commission planned to vote “up or down” on a property-value-guarantee issue without public input and said previous meetings showed most attendees opposed the proposal. "If you're gonna do it for that type of business, it's only fair to do it for all of them," Caruso said, arguing that property-value guarantees could be sought…
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