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Planning commission opens process on data-center rules, members favor size-tiered approach
Summary
The Whitley County Planning Commission began drafting a local data-center ordinance April 15, reviewing three options ranging from a simple special-exception definition to a detailed, multi-standard code. Commissioners generally favored a moderate, size- and impact-based approach and asked staff to prepare draft language and examples for future workshops.
The Whitley County Planning Commission on April 15 began a multi-meeting effort to create a local data-center code, with planning staff presenting three regulatory options and commissioners expressing broad support for a moderate, size-based approach that would differentiate small facilities from large, utility-intensive projects.
Nathan, county planning staff, outlined three approaches: (1) a narrow, quick fix that defines data centers and places them into heavy industrial zoning with special exceptions; (2) a moderate, tiered approach that permits smaller facilities while requiring special exception or rezoning for…
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