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Newton County extends moratoria on convenience‑store and data‑center permits
Summary
The board unanimously extended emergency moratoria for an additional 180 days on new convenience‑store applications and continued a moratorium on data‑center permits while staff completes updates to the UDO and draft ordinances.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners held public hearings and on April 7 unanimously approved extensions of two limited moratoria.
Convenience stores: The board extended an emergency moratorium that prohibits acceptance of new applications, requests or submissions proposing development of convenience stores for 180 days to allow staff time to finalize a draft unified development ordinance (UDO) and related ordinance language.
Data centers: The board also extended an existing moratorium that halts acceptance of applications or permits related to data centers while staff continues work on a draft ordinance to address data center development.
Both actions followed brief public comment periods. The moratoria were presented as temporary measures to allow staff to complete ordinance updates and avoid processing applications under the current rules while revisions are prepared.
