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Aurora staff recommends holding data-center and warehouse moratorium together; final rules due before March deadline
Summary
City staff presented a three-month update on the moratorium covering data centers and warehouses, recommended keeping the uses together while drafting front-end planning standards, and outlined parcels and technical issues (power, water, noise) city planners will address before the moratorium expires in March.
City staff told the Committee of the Whole that it will keep data centers and warehouses under a single temporary moratorium while drafting clearer definitions and new planning standards to address resident complaints and technical impacts.
"We promised you all a three-month update on where we were with a moratorium for data centers and warehouses," said John Curley, chief development services officer, summarizing staff work on outreach, comparative regulations, and a parcel-level inventory. Curley said staff will propose a set of definitions and performance standards — covering architectural design, noise and energy or water studies — for council consideration before the moratorium lapses.
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