Council advances draft Data Centers ordinance, declines to waive three readings
Broken Bow council members closed the public hearing on Ordinance 1317 and voted unanimously to proceed through all three readings; the draft would prohibit battery storage, require 150% surety bonds for decommissioning and allow permit revocation as primary enforcement.
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Council members closed the public hearing on Ordinance 1317, a proposed Data Centers ordinance that the staff and Planning Commission framed as regulatory measures to manage local impacts rather than an outright ban. Staff told the Council the ordinance would give the City authority for mandatory emergency load curtailment and would require an emergency action plan, mandatory annual compliance reporting and full site restoration within 180 days after abandonment or decommissioning.
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