Palo Alto council to consider one-year detention facility pause
The City Council is scheduled to consider a proposed one-year moratorium on new or expanded detention and custodial facilities on Oct. 26. The proposal has not been adopted.
The City Council is scheduled to consider a proposed one-year moratorium on new or expanded detention and custodial facilities on Oct. 26. The proposal has not been adopted.
The Land Use Committee sent two data-center policy options to the City Council on Oct. 13, but enacted neither. One would pause approvals; the other would formalize staff’s interpretation of current code.
Charlotte staff want to extend the pause on new telecommunications and data-storage applications. The City Council is expected to vote Oct. 26.
Hallowell’s City Council agenda schedules a first reading of a draft that would pause certain data-center applications and approvals for 180 days if enacted.
The Town of Tonawanda has adopted a one-year moratorium on data centers requiring at least 20 megawatts, giving officials time to develop zoning rules for the industry.
Chattooga County residents, property owners and developers were invited to comment on a proposed temporary moratorium covering container homes, tiny-home developments and similar projects.
Augusta officials extended a moratorium debate as the city prepared a comprehensive data-center ordinance for Commission consideration on July 21.
North Tonawanda extended its temporary moratorium on permits for new cryptocurrency-mining and data-processing centers for 12 months while the city develops zoning amendments and a regulatory framework.
Luther solicited proposals for an environmental assessment of a proposed data-center project while temporarily pausing new applications and approvals for existing ones.
Augusta officials presented proposed data-center rules as a temporary moratorium neared its July 21 expiration and a broader zoning rewrite continued.
The Town of Walton published notice of a public hearing for Local Law 3 of 2026, a proposed one-year moratorium on solar-energy facilities.
Jackson City Council debated a regulatory framework for data centers on July 6, 2026, and introduced a temporary moratorium for consideration. Available reporting does not establish final passage of the proposal.