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Mayor: Planning board found data-center ban consistent with master plan; vote moved to May 5
Summary
Millville Mayor Dixon said the planning board voted 8–1 that a proposed city ordinance banning data centers is consistent with the master plan, but a planning-board attorney's letter delayed public notice; the commission will consider the ordinance at its May 5 meeting.
Mayor Dixon told the commission the planning board reviewed a proposed ordinance to ban data centers in Millville and found it consistent with the city's master plan. “The vote was 8 to 1 in favor of consistency with the master plan,” he said, describing the board's recommendation.
Dixon said the matter did not appear on the April 21 agenda because of a timing issue with public notice: “The letter came back from our planning board attorney on Wednesday that didn't give us enough time for public to publish for the needs 10 days. And that's why it's not on today's agenda. So, we'll be on the May 5th agenda and we will vote on it then,” he said.
The mayor's remarks were framed as an update; no public hearing on the ban occurred at the April 21 meeting. Commissioners present did not take a vote on the ordinance on April 21. The mayor said the planning board's recommendation will be included when the commission votes on May 5.
Residents and commissioners discussed timing and process in the meeting's closing remarks; no further substantive changes to the ordinance text were introduced on April 21.
The commission did not record formal public testimony on the ordinance at this meeting. Next procedural step: the Millville City Commission will consider the ordinance during its May 5 business meeting.
