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Commission discusses data-center zoning memo; staff to continue research, no formal action
Summary
Commissioners held a round-table discussion of a staff memo on how Kasson City could regulate data centers (definitions, districting options, CUPs, PUD overlays, performance standards) and raised concerns about potential power and water impacts; no ordinance or vote was taken.
Commissioners held an extended round-table discussion on a staff memo outlining zoning options and policy questions for potential data center development. Staff characterized the memo as high-level background intended to identify regulatory choices—district designation, conditional use permits, overlay districts, and performance standards such as noise, screening and energy/water requirements—if a data center proposal were to appear.
Staff noted data centers range widely in scale, from very small (100 sq ft or portable/curtailable operations) up to hyperscale campuses…
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