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Chesterfield County Council adopts emergency moratoriums on data centers and on new mobile‑home/RV‑park permits
Summary
The council unanimously adopted an emergency moratorium on data centers and a separate emergency moratorium halting issuance of permits for mobile home parks, RV parks and subdivisions; both measures were adopted unanimously on April 6, 2026.
Chesterfield County Council voted unanimously April 6 to adopt emergency ordinances imposing a temporary moratorium on data centers and to temporarily halt issuance of permits for new mobile home parks, RV parks and subdivisions.
At the meeting Council Member Eddie Kirkley moved to pass a temporary moratorium on data centers on first reading; Council Member Ethan Foard seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Shortly afterward Council Member Kirkley moved to adopt an emergency ordinance declaring a temporary moratorium on data centers and Vice‑Chair Todd Smallwood seconded; the emergency ordinance was adopted by unanimous vote.
Later in the meeting Vice‑Chair Smallwood moved and Council Member Bishop Johnnie McLendon seconded an emergency ordinance to suspend issuance of permits for the establishment of mobile home parks, RV parks and subdivisions; that emergency ordinance also passed unanimously.
The transcript records the motions and unanimous votes but does not include statements explaining the County’s reasons for the moratoria or specify duration or effective dates for the emergency ordinances. No public testimony explaining the rationale was recorded in the meeting minutes. The ordinances were adopted during the April 6 meeting and are recorded as council actions in the meeting minutes.