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Chesapeake council asks planning commission to study tighter rules for data centers after public outcry
Summary
Following multiple public comments raising concerns about transparency, buffer distances and local impacts, Chesapeake City Council unanimously adopted an initiating resolution asking the Planning Commission to consider amendments that would make data centers a conditional use in certain zones.
Chesapeake City Council on July 29 voted unanimously to ask its Planning Commission to consider amending the city’s zoning ordinance to treat data centers as a conditional use in appropriate districts, a move prompted by sustained public concern about the projects’ local impacts.
Citizens and council members said the change is intended to increase transparency and allow the city to attach conditions when large-scale data facilities are proposed. Resident Lee DeMoure told the council the Etheridge Woods…
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