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Planning commission forwards data-center conditions and process recommendations after heavy public comment
Summary
After lengthy commissioner discussion and extensive public comment, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners limit grandfathering for data centers to when construction begins and asked staff to draft text amendment language on generator testing windows, construction traffic management plans and decommissioning/bond requirements.
The Calvert County Planning Commission on April 21 reviewed a staff briefing on proposed text amendment No. 26-23 to add conditions for data centers and forwarded a package of recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners after extensive commissioner input and a large public-comment turnout.
Rachel O’Shea, deputy director of zoning, told commissioners the BOCC had directed staff to draft additional conditions for data centers and to return with options. The Planning Commission was asked to review and provide recommended language and comments for the BOCC’s consideration.
Commission discussion focused on setbacks, noise limits and metrics, required independent testing, site decommissioning bonds, generator-testing hours, construction traffic management plans, and grandfathering/vesting timing. One commissioner proposed a 1,200-foot…
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