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East Brandywine adopts ordinance to allow data centers in CSLI zone
Summary
The East Brandywine Township Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance 02/2026 on July 16, 2026, adding definitions and standards to permit data centers in the Commercial Services and Light Industrial (CSLI) zoning district as a conditional use after a legislative hearing and public comment; the solicitor confirmed procedural requirements were met.
On July 16, 2026, the East Brandywine Township Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance 02/2026, amending township code to define "data center" and to permit data-center uses in the Commercial Services and Light Industrial (CSLI) zoning district by conditional use.
Township manager Luke Reven said the ordinance draft reflects prior public feedback and planning commission review and that staff would rely on the solicitor to lead the statutory hearing. "The township has been considering an ordinance that would permit data centers as a use in the commercial services and light industrial zone, subject to a number of restrictions," Reven said at the hearing.
Township solicitor Tom Esty reviewed the ordinance on the record and confirmed statutory steps had been followed. "The proposed amendment is an amendment to chapters 303 99. 300 is part of your land use code, which is the definitions section, and 3 99 is your zoning ordinance," Esty said, adding the draft both creates definitions for data-center uses and amends chapter 399 to permit data centers in the CSLI district by conditional use and to add standards applicable to those uses. Esty also noted the draft had been submitted to the Chester County Planning Commission and that any required advertising for the legislative hearing had been completed.
After the solicitor completed the hearing and the board accepted public comment, a motion to enact Ordinance 02/2026 was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The meeting record shows the board voted "Aye" on adoption; a roll-call tally was not recorded in the transcript.
Why it matters: the ordinance establishes a path for data-center projects to seek conditional-use approval in a zoning district where they were not previously permitted. The ordinance includes definitions and standards specific to data centers; staff and the solicitor said the conditional-use process will allow the township to review site-specific protections when applications arrive.
Next steps: the ordinance was enacted at the meeting; the transcript did not specify an effective date or immediate regulatory changes beyond the code amendments adopted. The board did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript excerpt provided.
Sources: Remarks by Luke Reven, township manager; review and procedural statements by Tom Esty, township solicitor; Board of Supervisors voice vote at the July 16 meeting.
