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County attorney reviews proposed noise, vape‑shop, procurement and data‑center moratorium ordinances
Summary
County Attorney Coleman R. Bryant told council the Noise Ordinance’s decibel standards are tied to zoning and recommended postponing third reading until zoning changes are considered; he said a Vape Shop Ordinance may be folded into zoning, proposed procurement-code updates including CMAR and local vendor preference, and noted a temporary data center moratorium received first reading and drew no questions.
At the April 20 Chesterfield County Council briefing, County Attorney Coleman R. Bryant reviewed several proposed ordinances and recommended timing adjustments tied to broader zoning changes.
Bryant explained that the revised Noise Ordinance sets decibel standards based on zoning classifications and advised that council may want to postpone third reading until proposed zoning ordinance changes are considered. He said the Vape Shop Ordinance might no longer be necessary because similar restrictions on vape, tobacco and cannabis‑dispensing businesses could be incorporated into an updated zoning ordinance, citing a sample from Kershaw County as an example; he recommended postponing second reading pending zoning changes.
On procurement, Bryant advised updates to the Procurement Code to increase contractual monetary limits for engineering services on CTC projects, add a local vendor preference policy, and add Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) as a permitted procurement method; he led a discussion about CMAR as a project delivery method. Bryant also noted the proposed temporary moratorium on data centers — in effect through Jan. 1, 2028 — received first reading at the April 6 meeting and that there were no questions about that ordinance at the briefing.
The briefing record shows these items were discussed at a staff level; no formal votes or final actions were recorded in the transcript. Council was referred to the Planning and Zoning Committee’s April 29 meeting for forthcoming zoning deliberations that could affect the timing and content of ordinance readings.
