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Robbinsville Township
Neutral Data Center Policies
Robbinsville Township’s enacted ordinance leaves the PCD zone’s allowance for research uses, including computer centers and data-processing facilities, unchanged and adds no data-center-specific restrictions or benefits.
current law · Township of RobbinsvilleIdentifies Ordinance 2026-21 as a land-use amendment affecting Chapter 142, Land Use, adopted on July 30, 2026.Robbinsville Township Ordinance 2026-21
What this means
The ordinance does not specifically regulate data centers or add data-center-specific benefits or restrictions. It retains the PCD zone’s allowance for research uses including computer centers and data-processing facilities, so the sources indicate no meaningful change to data-center development or operation.
People behind it
- Township Clerk
The ordinance directs the Township Clerk to provide notice of the hearing, publish notice of passage, and file the adopted ordinance with the County Planning Board and Township Tax Assessor.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements8
The code expressly lists bulk document, computer-data, and information-storage facilities as permitted principal uses in the OWLM district; that use is therefore tied to the district’s zoning requirements. listed as a principal permitted use
In the OWLM district, buildings must connect to public water and sewer. served by public water and public sewerage
OWLM development has dimensional limits, including a minimum two-acre lot, a maximum building height of 45 feet or three stories, and front setbacks of 100 feet from a property line and 150 feet from an arterial road; side and rear setbacks must be at least twice the structure’s height. front yard setback maximum building height
In OWLM, outside display or storage of merchandise, products, waste, equipment, or similar material is prohibited. shall be displayed or stored outside
OWLM building access must use a separate vehicular road linked to a major arterial, and truck access must not negatively affect residential areas. linked with one of the major arterials
In the PCD district, computer centers and data-processing facilities are included among Type 1 research-and-development uses, which are permitted only on the listed blocks and lots. limited to the following block(s) and lot(s) computer centers and data processing facilities
In the OC district, computer and data-processing services are listed as permitted where sanitary sewers are available; where they are unavailable, uses are limited to the specified low-intensity list. where sanitary sewers are available
Nonresidential development must pay an affordable-housing development fee under the Township’s development-fee ordinance. Nonresidential development shall be required to pay
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The ordinance lists research and development uses—including computer centers and data processing facilities—as permitted Type 1 uses in the PCD Zone. This permission is limited to Block 38.01, Lots 15.01 and 2.01; Block 40, Lots 1.01 and 3; and Block 41, Lot 8. Research and development uses
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