A temporary moratorium prohibits locating, constructing, developing, operating, or using a commercial data center as an accessory use in the AG-G General Agricultural and RCI Rural Commercial/Industrial districts, and prohibits conditional-use permits for such facilities, for up to one year from February 3, 2025, or until updated regulations are adopted, whichever occurs first. a moratorium shall hereby be enacted

In the AG-G and RCI districts, a new data center that is not ancillary to another primary use requires conditional-use approval and must meet the listed crypto-mining-facility standards. Any new data center that is not ancillary to another primary use may be permitted

A data center subject to the AG-G or RCI standards generally must be at least one mile from any existing dwelling, platted residential area, public park, recreational area, church, cemetery, religious area, school, or historical site. must be 1 mile from any existing dwelling

Before the public hearing for the conditional-use permit, the applicant must complete a noise study. A noise study must be completed prior to a public hearing

Operations are limited to a maximum one-hour noise level of 55 dBA, measured at the boundary of adjacent residential properties with a Type II-or-better sound-level meter using A-weighted response. Maximum decibel levels shall be limited to a maximum one-hour limit of 55 dba

Noise-reduction barriers are required. Noise reduction barriers will be required

The facility must have a six-foot chain-link exterior security fence with at least three strands of barbed wire above it. shall consist of a 6’ (six foot) chain link fence with not less than three strands of barbed wire

A proposed new or expanded facility seeking to locate closer than the required separation distance must obtain an impact easement from every existing use or dwelling within that distance, creating an additional property-rights requirement and potential cost. required to obtain an Impact Easement

In the Industrial District, a new data center that is not ancillary to another primary use may be permitted only by complying with the same one-mile separation, noise-study, noise-limit, barrier, fencing, and impact-easement standards. may be permitted following the same standards

In the Industrial District, a new data center that is not ancillary to another primary use may be permitted under the standards listed for crypto-mining facilities, including the data-center provision in Section 503.02.

The temporary moratorium does not prohibit data centers in the Industrial District; it expressly preserves their use there as a conditional use, subject to conditions determined to ensure consistency with the district's intent. The moratorium instead applies to the AG-G and RCI districts for the lesser of one year or until updated regulations are adopted, as stated in the Industrial District exception.

A data center may use the same impact-easement mechanism provided for crypto-mining facilities: if it obtains an impact easement from an existing use or dwelling within the required separation distance, it may be built closer than the otherwise required one-mile separation. This applies because the data-center provisions adopt the same standards as Section 503.02(4)(A-F).