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Kingsport adopts measured zoning rules for data centers and cryptocurrency mining, requiring buffers and sound studies
Summary
After a staff presentation, the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted a zoning text amendment that defines data centers and cryptocurrency mining, requires a 100‑foot setback and a 500‑foot buffer from residential zones for principal uses, and mandates layered sound studies and Board of Zoning Appeals review via special exception.
The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Jan. 20 adopted a zoning-text amendment establishing where data centers and cryptocurrency‑mining operations may locate within the city and the standards they must meet.
Planning Manager Ken Williams told the board the amendment creates definitions for "data center" and "cryptocurrency mining," requires a 100‑foot setback from property lines for principal uses and a 500‑foot buffer from any…
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