Tonight: Johnson County tackles data center zoning policy
Johnson County supervisors will meet with the Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss a proposed ordinance for regulating data centers. This ordinance would allow data centers in commercial and industrial zones and as a conditional use in agricultural areas. The discussion aims to finalize the ordinance before the current permitting moratorium expires on November 8.
Johnson County, Iowa, supervisors are scheduled to convene with the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday evening to deliberate on the policy direction for a new ordinance concerning data center regulations. The proposed legislation aims to permit data centers within commercial and industrial zones and as a conditional use in agricultural areas. County staff are actively seeking policy guidance to finalize the ordinance before the existing moratorium on data center permitting is set to expire on November 8. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Health and Human Services Building in Iowa City.