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Reporter asks supervisors what the recently adopted data-center moratorium actually prohibits
Summary
A Hawk Eye reporter asked Des Moines County supervisors whether the county's data-center moratorium can stop development if no specific permit process exists; the board said the moratorium's language reaches beyond a simple permit and agreed to provide the latest text after the meeting.
During public input at the May 26 Des Moines County Board of Supervisors meeting, Tracy Land of the Hawk Eye asked for clarification on the moratorium on data centers the board approved last week.
"Is there an ordinance that because you put the moratorium was placed on any permit submitted to the county? Is there something — is there an ordinance that hasn't been discussed that shows there's a permitting process for that already?" Land asked, pressing whether the moratorium can stop a development without an underlying permit procedure.
Board members responded that the moratorium language, as passed, "says there will be no permit issued" and also contains wording concerning construction and development so it does not rely solely on a permit process. A staff member explained the moratorium originally referenced permits and a larger area; the board agreed to provide the most recent version of the moratorium and to walk through any changes requested.
One supervisor summarized that some of the moratorium's reach stems from zoning provisions in a two-mile area around Burlington that could bring proposed projects under county review if local zoning does not expressly address data centers.
The reporter requested the chain of changes and the board said staff would follow up with the text after the meeting. No new action or vote on the moratorium was taken at the May 26 session.
