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Oneida County planning panel approves one-year moratorium on data centers
Summary
The Oneida County Planning and Development Committee voted unanimously April 29 to impose a one-year moratorium on data centers while staff study where such facilities should be allowed under local zoning rules.
The Oneida County Planning and Development Committee voted unanimously on April 29 to impose a one-year moratorium on data centers while staff research placement and appropriate zoning districts.
Planning and Zoning Director Karl Jennrich summarized the committee’s discussion of where data centers could be located under the Oneida County Zoning and Shoreland Protection Ordinance and the possibility that the county’s current zoning map and rules do not adequately address the facilities. Committee member Bob Almekinder moved to impose a one-year moratorium on data centers; Michael Tautges seconded the motion, and all five members present voted “Aye.”
The committee record does not specify immediate follow-up steps or an enforcement date beyond the vote; the transcript records only that the moratorium was approved and that staff had discussed placement in zoning districts. The committee took no additional formal actions about data-center regulation at the April 29 meeting.
The Planning and Development Committee set future meeting dates for May 13 and May 27, 2026; no schedule for a staff report on data centers is recorded in the transcript.
