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Commissioner urges indefinite postponement of ordinance reclassification that could ease data‑center siting; board debates public‑notice concerns
Summary
Commissioner Grimm urged the board to postpone indefinitely proposed changes to ordinance 62 that she said would reclassify data centers, arguing the public was not adequately informed; administration and other commissioners said statutory notice was provided but acknowledged community outreach could be improved. The motion to postpone was moved and debated during the meeting.
A county commissioner on Wednesday pushed to postpone indefinitely an item tied to amendments to ordinance 62, saying the public did not realize the changes would allow data centers to be reclassified to an industrial designation in areas the county was considering.
"It has never been named that I know of publicly, that these are... a zoning change for data centers," Commissioner Grimm said during debate, arguing that earlier planning‑department public sessions had low attendance while the board chamber had seen large public turnout. "When cannabis was legalized, we named that. The community…
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