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Residents urge Stafford supervisors to tighten data-center rules, oppose grandfathering
Summary
Dozens of Stafford County residents told the Board of Supervisors on July 1 that the county should strengthen data-center performance standards, avoid grandfathering pending applications and protect schools, wells and wildlife from noise, water and land-use impacts.
Dozens of residents told the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on July 1 that the county must tighten rules for data-center development and refuse to grandfather applications pending under older standards.
The comments came during the public-comment period at the board's regular meeting as residents from several districts raised concerns about low-frequency noise, water use, environmental impacts and property values related to proposed and approved data centers across the county.
Why it matters: Planning commissioners and a county subcommittee are preparing revised performance standards for data centers. Speakers said those changes will not protect residents if older or partially reviewed applications are allowed to proceed under previous rules.
Residents described the issue as both technical and immediate. Caitlin Coogan Miller, a Hartwood District parent, said low-frequency noise "is constant, unrelenting, and its impacts are cumulative." She asked the…
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