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Committee member urges explicit ban on data centers in St. Mary's County zoning rewrite
St. Mary's County Board · April 14, 2026
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Summary
A board member said the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance does not currently list data centers as an allowed use and urged lawmakers to add language in the CZO to prohibit them; they noted the same ordinance language had allowed a cannabis facility.
A member of the St. Mary's County board urged that the upcoming rewrite of the county's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance explicitly bar data centers, saying the existing ordinance does not list them as an allowed use.
"Data centers are not in allowed use in Saint Mary's County," the board member said, and…
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