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Council asks city attorney to draft ordinance for data‑center moratorium
Summary
A council member asked the city attorney to prepare an ordinance imposing a moratorium on data centers, citing potential negative impacts and offering sample ordinances from other cities; the request was made for future action, not adopted as an ordinance at the meeting.
A council member asked the City Council to authorize the city attorney to prepare an ordinance imposing a moratorium on data centers, saying the council should consider sample moratoria used by other municipalities because of potential negative impacts attributed to data centers.
The speaker described data centers as being ‘‘in the news a lot’’ and asked the attorney to draft necessary ordinance language for council consideration. The transcript records the request and that members voiced support (voice vote or agreement), but it does not show a formal ordinance motion or adoption at that meeting.
The item was presented as a direction to staff (city attorney) to draft proposed ordinance language and return it for council consideration; no timeframe or specific moratorium scope was provided in the discussion recorded in the transcript.
