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Planning commission reviews draft data‑center ordinance for industrial district; members flag noise, generators and decommissioning
Summary
Staff circulated a draft ordinance to permit data centers in the industrial district, with model provisions for noise, setbacks and decommissioning. Commissioners and residents urged strict generator/noise limits and asked staff to refine definitions and environmental protections before a recommendation.
Commission staff presented a draft ordinance on May 4 to allow and regulate data centers in the borough's industrial district, asking the planning commission to be prepared to recommend the ordinance at next week's meeting.
Staff said the draft draws on model guidance from county planning commissions and includes technical provisions about noise limits, setbacks, decommissioning and screening. "We got direction to draft an ordinance to permit them in the industrial district," staff…
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