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Coweta commissioners continue public hearing on proposed data-center ordinance after hours of technical presentations and public comment
Summary
After detailed staff presentations and technical advice from acoustical consultants, commissioners continued the public hearing on proposed data-center zoning amendments to Aug. 19 following extensive public comment urging stronger environmental, noise and community protections.
Coweta County commissioners on July 15 heard a multi-hour presentation on proposed amendments to Articles 18 and 19 of the county Zoning and Development Ordinance that would define and regulate "data centers" and then voted to continue the public hearing to the board's Aug. 19 meeting.
The amendments presented by community development staff would add a definition of data centers and impose enhanced standards not typical for industrial uses, including architectural-material requirements, larger buffers (200 feet with the outer 100 feet undisturbed), 8-foot minimum security fences with restrictions on anti-climb features, limits on nighttime and daytime noise, restrictions on generator testing days/hours, full-cutoff lighting, parking ratios tied to…
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