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County zoning work session advances data-center conditions, staff to return with refined language
Summary
Planners presented a wide package of zoning text amendments and recommended conditions for data centers (closed-loop cooling, no groundwater wells for cooling, rooftop stormwater reuse, Tier 4 generators). Commissioners asked for more detail, noted potential state preemption and directed staff to return in two weeks for additional work-session discussion.
Calvert County staff walked commissioners through a broad list of proposed text amendments to the county zoning ordinance during a Feb. 10 work session, including a focused discussion of draft conditions for data centers and a temporary family-conveyance provision.
Will Hager, a planner presenting the amendments, outlined specific proposed data-center conditions: require closed-loop water cooling when water-based systems are proposed; prohibit use of groundwater wells for cooling; require collection and reuse of rooftop stormwater runoff for cooling where applicable; require applicants…
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