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Commission reviews draft data‑center and crypto‑mining ordinance focusing on siting, water, energy and decommissioning
Summary
Staff presented a draft ordinance to confine data centers and crypto mining to industrial zones, require a 1,000‑foot buffer from residences, mandate closed‑loop cooling, a noise study at 500 feet, at least 10% on‑site renewables, generator limits, and an R2‑standard decommissioning plan; commissioners asked for utility feasibility studies before council review.
Speaker 6 (Unidentified speaker) introduced data centers and crypto‑mining as new business and said the commission had discussed whether a moratorium was needed. Speaker 1 then walked through a streamlined draft ordinance intended as a starting point for county council review.
Under the draft, data centers (and proposed crypto‑mining uses) would be permitted only in industrial zones and specifically forbidden in unzoned portions of the unincorporated county unless rezoned. "A data center shall be permitted in industrial zone areas and shall be specifically forbidden in unzoned portions of the unincorporated areas of the county," Speaker 1 said. The draft replaces a purely zoning‑based setback with a residence‑based limit: no data center would be permitted within 1,000 feet of a single‑ or multifamily…
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