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Utica council adopts six-month moratorium on data-center approvals
Summary
The Utica City Council unanimously adopted a resolution pausing approvals for data centers for roughly six months to allow planning and zoning reviews; staff cautioned that a citywide ban (exclusionary zoning) is not legally permissible but zoning-based limits or location restrictions can be explored.
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Utica City Council voted unanimously to adopt a temporary moratorium on data-center development to give planners and council time to craft rules addressing siting, infrastructure and other municipal impacts. The resolution as presented would pause new data-center approvals for a period described in the packet as six months (speakers also…
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