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The Data Center Divide

City of Marysville

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Mixed Data Center Policies

Marysville has enacted a 12-month pause on approving data-center construction or expansion within its zoning jurisdiction. Existing centers may continue operating, and the city could adopt permanent rules after its review.

Rating from Kansas statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Marysville.

current law · City of Marysville
Prohibits Marysville from accepting, processing, or approving data center development applications within its zoning jurisdiction for 12 months while the city considers permanent zoning rules.Marysville, Kansas pre-ordinance 19-54 (2026)

What this means

The measure pauses approval of applications to build or expand data centers within Marysville’s zoning jurisdiction for 12 months, making new development substantially harder during that period. It does not prohibit operating existing data centers, and the city could adopt permanent rules after its review.

Timing

Ends
twelve (12) months from the effective date

The moratorium may end earlier if repealed by the Governing Body or superseded by the adoption and effective date of permanent data-center zoning regulations.

People behind it

  • Prepared and presented the draft data center moratorium ordinance for City Council consideration.

  • Moved to approve Ordinance 1954.

  • Seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 1954.

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  • Enacted and approved Ordinance 1954 imposing the 12-month data center moratorium.

  • Directed to review data center uses and recommend permanent zoning regulations during the moratorium.

  • Directed to study the potential impacts of data centers and assist in developing proposed zoning amendments.

Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements4

  • A 12-month moratorium prohibits the City from accepting, processing, or approving applications to establish, construct, expand, or develop a data center within the City's zoning jurisdiction. It covers rezoning, conditional or special-use approvals, site plans, plats, development approvals, zoning permits, building permits, and other municipal land-use or development approvals.

  • During the moratorium, the Planning Commission may not recommend or approve data-center development applications, except for actions needed to consider and recommend permanent zoning regulations governing data centers.

  • The moratorium remains in effect for 12 months from its effective date unless the governing body repeals it earlier or permanent data-center zoning regulations are adopted and become effective.

  • The moratorium applies to facilities principally used for servers, data-processing equipment, networking equipment, digital storage, or related infrastructure, including hyperscale, cloud-computing, colocation, artificial-intelligence, and cryptocurrency facilities; ordinary server rooms and information-technology equipment accessory and incidental to a property's principal use are excluded.

Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions4

  • Ordinary server rooms and information-technology equipment that are accessory and incidental to a property’s principal use are excluded from the definition of a “Data Center,” so they are not subject to the moratorium.

  • The moratorium applies only within the City of Marysville’s zoning jurisdiction, so data-center projects outside that jurisdiction are not covered by this ordinance.

  • The ordinance restricts the acceptance, processing, and approval of development applications but does not prohibit the continued operation of existing data centers.

  • The moratorium lasts 12 months unless repealed earlier or superseded by permanent regulations, limiting the duration of the restriction on data-center development applications.

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