Citizens present draft zoning framework as starting point for Dubuque County data-center rules
Members of a citizen 'data center accountability' group told the Board of Supervisors they have combined community concerns with the county roadmap into a draft zoning framework and asked that source documents be posted online and the draft be forwarded to the Zoning Commission for discussion.
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Members of a citizen accountability group presented a first-draft zoning framework for data centers and urged supervisors to treat it as a floor, not a finished ordinance. Mike Walter said the draft is intended to ensure "everything we have found to be pertinent is included in the final ordinance with the most stringent form allowable." Lucas Busch said the subcommittees merged concerns with the county roadmap and used ordinances from other Iowa counties and national models.
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