For 12 months after the effective date, the Town imposes a town-wide moratorium barring the acceptance, processing, consideration, approval, conditional approval, or issuance of any permit or land-use approval for constructing, establishing, using, or operating a data center, including building permits, special permits, variances, site-plan approvals, subdivision approvals, operating permits, and certificates of occupancy or compliance. no application ... shall be accepted, processed, entertained, approved, approved conditionally, or issued

Applications submitted before the effective date remain stayed and held in abeyance during the moratorium if they have not received all final discretionary approvals, subject to the law’s exceptions. shall be stayed and held in abeyance

Existing data centers may perform ordinary repairs, maintenance, or like-kind replacements only if the work does not increase data-center floor area, connected electrical load, backup generation or battery-storage capacity, or materially increase noise, water use, traffic, or other off-site impacts; the Code Enforcement Officer determines eligibility. may proceed if such work does not

A minor server room is exempt only when it is accessory to an existing primary use on the same premises, serves only that use, and has neither dedicated backup generation nor external cooling beyond typical commercial HVAC; certification to the Code Officer is required. upon certification to the Code Officer

Emergency repairs to a data center may proceed only with Code Enforcement Officer authorization, must address an imminent public-health or safety threat or prevent significant property damage, and are limited to the minimum work necessary to correct the emergency. limited to the minimum work necessary

The Town Board may extend the moratorium, after notice and a public hearing, for up to two additional periods of no more than six months each, if the data-center study remains ongoing and the extension is still needed to protect public health, safety, and welfare. up to two additional periods of up to six (6) months each

Violations can result in criminal penalties of up to $1,000 or 15 days’ imprisonment for an initial offense, and up to $2,000 or six months’ imprisonment for a repeated violation; civil penalties may reach $1,000 per violation, and each day of continued violation is treated as a separate offense. Each day a violation or offense is continued

The Town may seek injunctions and recover necessary enforcement costs and attorneys’ fees; if court-assessed amounts are unpaid for 30 days, they may be charged against the property through the next annual tax levy and become a lien. such expense shall be a lien upon such property until paid

Property owners may apply for a use variance based on unnecessary hardship under Section 902 of the Town Zoning Ordinance, notwithstanding the moratorium.

Existing Data Centers may continue operating and may perform ordinary repairs, maintenance, or like-kind replacements, provided the work does not increase data-center floor area, connected electrical load, backup generation or battery storage, or materially increase off-site impacts. Eligibility is determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.

A Minor Server Room accessory to an existing principal use may be installed or maintained if it serves only that use and has no dedicated backup generation or external cooling beyond typical commercial HVAC, subject to certification to the Code Officer.

Emergency repairs at a data center may proceed with Code Enforcement Officer authorization when immediately necessary to address an imminent public-health or safety threat or prevent significant property damage, limited to the minimum work needed.

The Town Board may terminate the moratorium early by resolution if it determines that the law’s purposes have been satisfied or superseded by zoning amendments.