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Planning Commission favorably recommends Bill 2026 to regulate data center uses
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a staff‑draft zoning amendment (Bill 2026) that would define and tightly regulate data centers — requiring special‑exception review and technical analyses (noise, water/sewer, power, e‑waste, thermal mitigation and emergency response) — and send the ordinance on to City Council after LVPC comments.
The City of Allentown Planning Commission voted to favorably recommend Bill 2026, a staff‑draft amendment that would add a defined 'data center' use to the zoning ordinance and impose supplemental regulations intended to mitigate potential public‑health, safety and welfare impacts.
Staff said the draft ordinance, developed with input from other municipalities and model language, would treat data centers as a use permitted only by special exception (not by right) in industrial…
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