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Council signals support for banning large data centers, directs staff to draft zoning and general-ordinance options
Summary
Planning staff presented options for regulating data centers (do nothing, zoning prohibition, regulation, general ordinance ban, or moratorium). Plan commission favored a ban; council members voiced support for both zoning and a general ordinance as backstops and asked staff to prepare drafts for early July consideration.
Planning staff presented five options for addressing data centers—ranging from doing nothing to a zoning ban, regulation, a general ordinance ban, or a temporary moratorium—and explained that current town ordinances do not explicitly address modern data-center uses. Staff noted calls from developers about smaller data hubs but said the town lacks thresholds to distinguish small from large facilities.
Multiple council members said Clarksville's size and land constraints make large-scale data centers an inappropriate fit and voiced support for a prohibition. One council member stated, "I'm totally forbanning them in the town of Clarksville," and staff said they will prepare a zoning ban and a general-ordinance draft for the council and plan commission to review (planning commission meets July 1; council meets July 7).
