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Hoover adopts conditional‑use review for data centers after residents press for public input
Summary
The council adopted zoning changes creating a conditional‑use process for office/technical uses — including data centers — to require case‑by‑case review, prompting residents to ask for more public engagement and clearer definitions before future approvals.
The Hoover City Council voted to amend the zoning ordinance to add or revise office/technical use permissions and to create a conditional‑use review process intended to give the city a way to evaluate and place guardrails on data centers and similar facilities.
Mac Martin, a city planning official, told the council the change was intended to allow review rather than a blanket ban: “We do have at least 1 prominent data center within the city limits of Hoover … [the conditional‑use process] would at…
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