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Sterling Heights council adopts 12‑month moratorium on data centers to update zoning
Summary
The Sterling Heights City Council voted to impose a 12‑month moratorium on establishing, erecting or constructing data centers while staff researches ordinance updates on siting, buffering, noise, water and energy impacts.
The Sterling Heights City Council on Feb. 2 adopted a 12‑month moratorium on the establishment, erection or construction of data centers in the city to allow staff time to draft zoning standards and study potential impacts.
City Planner Dr. Jake Parcel told councilmembers the city’s zoning ordinance was written in 1978 and currently permits data-center uses in several industrial and commercial districts. Parcel said recent “hyperscale” proposals elsewhere — sometimes involving hundreds of acres — have highlighted regulatory gaps and prompted the request for a…
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