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Commission to draft zoning language for cryptocurrency mining after county planners raise energy concerns
Summary
Staff presented a draft approach to regulate cryptocurrency/data mining and recommended treating those operations as industrial uses. Commissioners debated energy impacts and regulatory scope and directed staff to draft a resolution for the next meeting.
Bradley County planning staff and commissioners discussed a proposed zoning-text approach to cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and data mining) operations and directed staff to prepare draft language for formal consideration at a future meeting.
Bentley, who said he reviewed an example from White County and discussed litigation experiences there, told commissioners he plans to prepare a resolution and "have it in the agenda packet next month." He…
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