Planning commission recommends denying emergency code change that would require special permits for data centers

Jan 5, 2026

The Campbell County Planning Commission voted to recommend denying PL-25-00, the emergency code change that would have moved data centers from heavy industrial (by-right) to special-use permitting, while asking staff to draft ordinance language with safeguards for future board consideration.

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The Campbell County Planning Commission recommended denying PL-25-00, an emergency code update that would have reclassified data centers from a by-right use in the heavy industrial zoning district to a use requiring a special-use permit.

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