Draft data center ordinance goes to Clinton City Council
The Clinton Plan Commission has forwarded a draft data center ordinance to the city council, incorporating public comments and legal language. Key provisions address resident concerns like noise levels, setbacks, and mandatory closed-loop cooling, while also allowing the city to hire its own consultants for studies.
The Clinton Plan Commission has advanced a draft data center ordinance to the Clinton City Council for consideration. The proposed ordinance incorporates feedback from a public comment period held on July 15th, and includes a seven-page document of legal language prepared by the city attorney.
Among the highly recommended provisions is one that would allow the city to retain its own consultants to conduct studies related to data center development, with the costs billed back to the developer. Other key provisions, highlighted as being of significant concern to residents, address issues such as noise levels, setbacks for data center facilities, and the implementation of mandatory closed-loop cooling systems. However, the memorandum accompanying the draft notes that some of these more stringent requirements might potentially hinder the city's ability to attract data center development.
Ultimately, the Clinton City Council will have the final authority to decide which of these provisions are included in the final version of the data center ordinance and which are omitted.