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Rockdale County planning commission approves future land use amendment for proposed data center; rezoning motion debated
Summary
At a training-style hearing April 9, Rockdale County Planning Commission heard a mock public hearing and staff presentation for a proposed data center on about 52.78 acres. Commissioners approved FLUM2024-02 (future land use amendment) and debated a motion to deny the rezoning REZ2024-07; the applicant requested approval with conditions.
The Rockdale County Planning Commission on April 9 heard staff and applicant presentations about linked requests for the same parcel: a future land use map amendment (FLUM2024-02), rezoning (REZ2024-07) and a special-use permit for an electrical substation (SUP2024-02) connected to a proposed data center development.
Ryan Sadler, county planner, told the commission that the request would change the future land use from "high-density residential to Technology Park" and rezone roughly 52.78 acres from R-1 (single-family residential) to OI (office/institutional) "for the development of a data center," and that the application included an approximately 4-acre substation pad. "This is a future land use map…
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