Plan Commission debates NRCS site‑evaluation tools and a possible moratorium amid concern about House Bill 1333

Feb 3, 2026

Commissioners discussed using the NRCS Web Soil Survey and the LISA land/site evaluation tool to map preferred development areas and debated whether House Bill 1333 could preempt local zoning; a resident urged a moratorium on data centers, carbon sequestration, SMRs and battery storage while the county studies impacts.

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Commission members spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing whether to use NRCS tools and a LISA (land/site evaluation assessment) to rank sites and whether state legislation could limit the county uthority to regulate certain land uses.

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