Planning director defends private-utility classification; staff begins zoning text-amendment work on data centers
Oldham County Planning Director Ryan Fisher said he classified a proposed data center as a "private utility" after statewide outreach and review of local ordinance language, and staff has started a zoning text‑amendment process to create a specific regulatory category for data centers.
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Planning Director Ryan Fisher told the Oldham County Board of Adjustments and Appeals that his decision to categorize the proposed Project Lincoln data center under the countys "private utility" definition grew from research, peer outreach and the absence of a specific data-center use in the zoning code. Fisher described consults with other planners and national reference sources, and said he chose a private-utility classification because it would require a conditional-use permit rather than permitting the use by right.
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