New Kent supervisors push back on reporting, vow public hearings if data centers arrive
The Board clarified that no data-center applications are currently filed, defended a consultant-led draft Technology Overlay District and heard several residents warn about noise, water use and property‑value impacts. The board said conditional-use permitting and public hearings would apply to any future proposals.
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The New Kent County Board of Supervisors opened Monday’s meeting by addressing a local news headline that the board said misrepresented the county’s process for potential data‑center projects. The Chair said the county has received no development applications for a data center and emphasized that, under current zoning, a data center would require a conditional‑use permit with public review and hearings.
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