Residents press commissioners for slower, clearer rules on data centers; board defends comprehensive approach
At a public-comment session, residents urged Lincoln County commissioners to reconsider their vote against a moratorium on data centers and requested more public engagement. Commissioners said they favor detailed, legally defensible zoning and conditional-use permitting rather than a blanket pause.
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A public commenter identifying herself only as Diane told the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners she and others feel rushed by new rules aimed at data centers and asked whether the board’s earlier vote against a moratorium could be reconsidered. “You guys voted against the moratorium,” she said, and urged the county to hold a town-hall style meeting to allow more back-and-forth public input.
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