Data centers and related other information services are excluded from the conditionally permitted uses in General Business District section 1502. Because the resolution prohibits uses that are not specifically authorized as permitted or conditionally permitted, the exclusion effectively bars those uses in that district rather than allowing them through a conditional-use permit. The amendment was adopted March 10, 2026, and is effective April 9, 2026. exclude data centers and related other information services

The Planned Development (PD) framework allows a project-specific zoning district, including PD-MD for manufacturing, distribution, and light industrial uses, with its own approved uses and development standards. The approved preliminary development plan becomes the zoning regulations for that PD property, and the PD standards prevail over conflicting provisions elsewhere in the resolution. This could provide a data center with a customized approval path, but the project’s data-center use would have to be included and approved in the PD plans. each PD District is considered a separate and unique zoning district

A PD applicant may commit to an economic development agreement involving tools such as a New Community Authority, Joint Economic Development District, or Tax Increment Financing District. These mechanisms can support project infrastructure and financing, although the agreement is a condition of approval and zoning permits or certificates cannot be issued until the agreement is finalized and executed. such as and without limitation, a New Community Authority, Joint Economic Development District, and/or Tax Increment Financing District

The PD rules allow phased development and permit a final development plan to be submitted for individual phases or subareas. A final plan can be processed concurrently with a preliminary plan, which may allow a qualifying large facility to move through approval in phases. A final development plan can be processed concurrently with a preliminary development plan

Approved PD concept, preliminary, and final development plans remain attached to the land despite changes in ownership, allowing an approved project to continue under the adopted plans. The protection is subject to the resolution’s modification rules and does not prevent a later zoning amendment. Approved concept, preliminary and final development plan shall be attached to the land

The zoning inspector must approve or disapprove a complete zoning-permit application within 30 days, providing a defined administrative review deadline for qualifying projects. Within 30 days after the receipt of an application

The trustees adopted three tax-increment-financing resolutions for the Northridge, Southwest Licking, and Licking Heights areas. These resolutions exempt improvements from real-property taxes, require service payments in lieu of taxes, and establish township public-improvement tax-increment-equivalent funds, subject to the geographic and project conditions in the full resolutions. exempting improvement to certain real property from real property taxes