Firm linked to DeNaples challenges Olyphant over data center zoning

Firm linked to DeNaples challenges Olyphant over data center zoning

News ClipScranton Times-Tribune·Olyphant, Lackawanna County, PA·4/29/2026

Triboro Commerce Park LLC, a firm linked to Charles DeNaples, has challenged Olyphant Borough Council's decision to invalidate its zoning ordinance concerning data centers. The firm filed a land-use appeal and an emergency injunction petition, seeking to overturn the council's vote that effectively delayed data center regulation and denied a proposed amendment. This legal action follows public opposition that influenced the council's controversial procedural decisions.

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Gov: Olyphant Borough Council, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
Triboro Commerce Park LLC, a firm managed by Charles DeNaples, has launched legal proceedings against Olyphant Borough Council in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The firm is challenging the council's April 14 decision to declare its zoning ordinance invalid for excluding data centers, a move that grants the borough six additional months to formulate specific regulations for such facilities. Triboro Commerce Park LLC filed both a land-use appeal and a petition for an emergency injunction with the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, aiming to reverse the council's decision. The core of the dispute stems from a contentious borough council meeting where an initial 4-3 vote in favor of a zoning amendment, which would have conditionally allowed data centers across a substantial 1,000-acre tract including Triboro's land, was subsequently reversed. Following an immediate