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Board extends emergency moratoria on convenience stores and data centers while ordinances are updated
Summary
After public hearings, commissioners unanimously extended emergency moratoria on acceptance of applications for convenience stores (180 days) and data centers to allow staff to complete UDO and ordinance updates.
The board held public hearings and voted to extend two emergency moratoria: one limiting acceptance of new convenience store applications and permits (extended 180 days) and one continuing an existing moratorium on data center applications while staff finishes draft ordinances.
County Attorney Ayanna Blake said the convenience-store moratorium extension will allow planning staff to complete work on a draft ordinance without processing applications under the current rules. One resident spoke in favor of the convenience-store moratorium; no one spoke in opposition during the hearing. The data-center moratorium drew one supportive public speaker (Jeff Bishop). Both motions passed unanimously.
County staff said the extensions are temporary measures to provide time to complete ordinance revisions; commissioners said they expect to use the moratorium period to finish ordinance language.
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