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Planning commission recommends moratorium on data centers while ordinance is finalized
Summary
The Planning Commission voted May 26 to recommend the Board of Supervisors adopt a moratorium on data centers before July 2026 while Solicitor Weed and consultants refine a draft ordinance addressing setbacks, minimum acreage, water protections and decommissioning requirements.
The Westfall Township Planning Commission voted May 26 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt a moratorium on data‑center development prior to July 2026 while staff and legal counsel finalize a draft ordinance.
"I believe the Township needed to adopt a six (6) month moratorium on Data Centers," Vice Chairwoman Jolie DeFeis said during the meeting, summarizing training she and Chairwoman Deborah P. Fischer had attended. Solicitor Christian E. Weed told the commission he had prepared a revised draft that would permit data centers in the C‑3 zoning district but require land‑development review and other conditions; he also warned the commission that proposed numeric limits must be legally defensible and non‑discriminatory.
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