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Stephens County approves short moratorium while first-reading of land-use changes, including draft data‑center rules, moves forward
Summary
At a public hearing and first reading, the Stephens County Board heard proposed changes to accessory-structure rules and a draft data‑center ordinance; after public comment and commissioner concerns about water and infrastructure, the board approved a short moratorium on accepting data‑center applications while ordinance language is finalized.
The Stephens County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing during the board’s regular meeting and conducted a first reading of proposed changes to the county Land Use Ordinance that would tighten rules for accessory buildings and add a conditional-use pathway for data centers.
Sam Hamilton, who read the ordinance language for the board, described two broad changes: clarifying setbacks for accessory structures — including a rule that accessory buildings placed before a principal structure must meet principal-use setbacks — and exemptions for certain large, buffered residential single parcels and lakefront properties bordering U.S. Army Corps land. Hamilton said the…
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