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Coweta commissioners clarify countywide data-center ordinance as residents urge rejection of Project Sale rezoning
Summary
At the Sept. 4 Coweta County Board of Commissioners meeting, the chair clarified that a draft countywide data-center ordinance is separate from a pending rezoning for 'Project Sale.' Dozens of residents testified against the rezoning, citing water use, noise, traffic and lack of transparency; no rezoning hearing has been scheduled.
The Coweta County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 4 reiterated that staff is drafting a countywide data-center ordinance that would apply to future data centers in unincorporated parts of the county, and emphasized that the ordinance process is separate from any individual rezoning petition for the site known as 'Project Sale.' The chair said public comments on Sept. 11 should address the ordinance draft specifically and noted the rezoning public hearing for Project Sale has not been scheduled.
The chair said, "The data center ordinance that is currently being drafted by staff and the commissioners is a countywide ordinance that once approved will apply to all future data center developments or projects in the unincorporated areas of the county. It is not being…
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