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Black Mountain adopts data-center zoning rules, directs staff to draft moratorium language
Summary
After a public hearing, the council approved text amendments defining and limiting data processing centers with buffers, noise limits and signage rules, and asked staff to draft moratorium language while the state and region consider broader policy.
The Town of Black Mountain adopted text amendments to its Unified Development Ordinance to define and add standards for data processing centers (commonly called data centers) following a public hearing and discussion of protective zoning measures.
Planning staff and the planning board presented the draft amendment, which the planning board recommended unanimously. Staff said the town has only one parcel that could likely host a small data center and framed…
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