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Residents press planners over data-center rezoning as Columbia County commission recommends approval
Summary
After a re-advertised rezoning to a data-center (RZ260304) drew broad public questions about noise, construction traffic, water and incentives, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval with conditions that staff said will limit operational noise and require stormwater review.
A re-advertised rezoning aimed at allowing a data-center at the White Oak Technology Park off Morris Callaway Road drew extended public scrutiny Wednesday night, but the Columbia County Planning Commission recommended the measure to the Board of Commissioners.
Planner Will presented the county's staff recommendation to rezone the parcel (tax map 019 Partial 002 C) from RA and M-1 to DC to allow data-center development as part of the White Oak Technology Park. Will said the parcel was part of a larger package previously considered and that staff supports rezoning the site to fit the surrounding technology/industrial character and existing DC zoning nearby.
Multiple residents spoke against or sought clarification before the vote. Vin Mueller, who gave his address in the record, pressed the commission on several technical and process points: he highlighted an apparent discrepancy between noise thresholds in the rezoning narrative and the DC ordinance (citing 70 decibels vs. 65…
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