Council votes to impose temporary moratorium on data centers while staff studies impacts
The council approved a temporary moratorium (recorded in the minutes as a 12-month proposal) on data centers to give staff time to research water, energy and zoning effects; the planning board had recommended a one-year moratorium and public commenters gave competing views on jobs versus limited long-term local employment.
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Whiteville City Council voted to impose a temporary moratorium on the permitting of data centers and data-processing facilities to allow staff time to research local impacts and draft any needed zoning text amendments. Planning staff (speaker S7, identified in the discussion as "Calvin") presented the recommendation, noting the planning board recommended a one-year moratorium but that the length is not fixed if staff brings back a text amendment sooner.
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