A temporary moratorium prohibits the Township from accepting or processing data-center applications.

The moratorium lasts six months after adoption or until new or amended Township data-center regulations take effect, whichever occurs first.

Before the moratorium expires, the Township Board may extend it by resolution.

Data centers are allowed only as a special land use in the Industrial District and require both special-land-use approval and site-plan approval.

Data centers must comply with Industrial District lot-coverage, height, and setback limits, including the maximum industrial-building height.

Cooling-system components require full-height sound-attenuation screening; roof-mounted equipment must be at least 1,500 feet from Sensitive Land Use lot lines, and ground-mounted equipment must be at least 1,000 feet away.

Generators must be placed in full acoustic enclosures to the maximum extent possible, may not be within 1,000 feet of a Sensitive Land Use, and may not be mounted on roofs.

Data centers must minimize views from public rights-of-way, adjacent properties, and Sensitive Land Uses through architectural features, berms, landscaping, or other screening, and the Planning Commission may require additional screening.

Noise may not exceed 55 dB(A) during the day or 45 dB(A) at night at specified property lines, and steady tonal sound may not exceed 65 dB(C) at any time.

All lighting must be dark-sky friendly, directed downward, and produce zero footcandles at the property line.

Ground-borne vibration may not exceed 0.01 inches per second at the property line across frequencies from 1.0 to 100 Hz; generators require vibration mitigation, and continuous monitoring is required along certain property lines within 1,000 feet of Sensitive Land Uses.

Data centers must maintain a Water Usage Effectiveness of no more than 0.2, and evaporative cooling is prohibited.

Data centers must maintain a Power Usage Effectiveness of no more than 1.2 and comply with the most stringent applicable Michigan energy code, ASHRAE Standard 90.4, or Michigan-specific data-center energy requirements.

Each data center must provide on-site energy storage capable of supplying at least 50% of peak electrical demand for at least 15 minutes.

Applicants must demonstrate that the data center's energy needs can be supplied independently of the energy currently available within the Township and that all state and federal energy requirements will be met.

Generator testing and exercising is limited to weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., prohibited on state holidays, and limited to no more than two generators tested simultaneously; generators must be U.S. EPA Tier 4 compliant.

Air, dust, smoke, glare, exhaust, heat, and humidity from the facility may not be perceptible at or beyond the data-center property line.

Data centers must prepare and follow emergency-response and fire-response plans addressing hazards, emergency capacity, shutdown procedures, public notification, consultation with responders, and periodic updates.

Surface-water runoff from construction and operation must be effectively managed on-site.

Except for grid interconnection lines, all electrical wiring must be buried underground unless a qualified utility or manufacturer engineer certifies that underground installation is prohibited by applicable law or code.

A data-center ownership transfer requires at least 60 days' notice to the Township and Township approval confirming that the new owner can comply with the approvals and standards.

Applicants must provide a qualified environmental and community-impact analysis addressing effects on the site, surrounding area, natural resources, and community.

Construction is limited to 7 a.m. through 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, unless the Planning Commission approves otherwise.

Applications must include a decommissioning plan and agreement addressing project life, costs, abandonment triggers, timelines, responsible parties, and financial assurance.

Decommissioning must begin within six months after abandonment or another triggering event and must be completed within 18 months.

Decommissioning financial assurance must equal 125% of the total estimated decommissioning cost, exclude salvage value, remain in place throughout the project's life, and cover restoration during construction until full operational assurance is posted.

A data-center application must include required fees and an escrow fund; incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Applicants must submit extensive supporting materials, including electrical and utility-capacity information, water and sewer capacity proof, cooling and water-use details, energy-storage and backup-generation information, environmental studies, detailed site and landscape plans, infrastructure maps, and emergency and fire-response plans.

The Planning Commission must require a development agreement covering approved plans, conditions, financial security, utilities, stormwater, roads, landscaping, wetlands, construction oversight, maintenance, and compliance.

Data centers are authorized as a special land use in the Industrial District, providing a zoning pathway for their construction and operation, subject to special-land-use and site-plan approval requirements.

A small-scale data center that is accessory and subordinate to an existing principal use is exempt from the new data-center requirements if it is entirely within existing compliant structures, creates no adverse impacts, and requires no additional utility-provider approvals for electricity or water.

A data center may be transferred to a new owner after 60 days’ notice and Township approval, provided the new owner can meet the approval conditions and agrees in writing to do so; the Township’s approval may not be unreasonably withheld.

After decommissioning, the property may be repurposed for general industrial use by removing data-center-specific components.

Generator testing and exercising is expressly permitted on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on State holidays, with no more than two generators tested simultaneously.

Construction hours may extend beyond the default Monday-through-Saturday schedule of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. if the Planning Commission approves different hours.