Washington Township imposed a 360-day moratorium on issuing zoning permits or approvals for new data center uses. (360-day moratorium)

A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would ban data centers that use more than 25 megawatts of power monthly. (ban facilities from using more than 25 megawatts of power monthly)

None verified; full adopted text not retrieved.

Principal data centers are no longer permitted by right and may be approved only as conditional uses in the LI zoning district.

Every data-center building must be at least 500 feet from any A, R, or OR zoning district or residential use in another zoning district.

Principal data centers must provide a 100-foot landscape buffer separating all data-center functions—including parking, utility boxes, and electrical generation—from protected agricultural, residential, or open-residential districts or residential uses.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may impose conditions on data-center proposals addressing site design, buffering, noise, lighting, equipment placement, access, and other impacts identified during conditional-use review.

A conditional-use application must identify every reasonably anticipated phase, building, generator yard, cooling system, battery system, fuel tank, substation, transmission connection, water demand, and maximum electrical demand.

Applicants must submit an acoustical analysis including a pre-construction baseline study, a full-buildout predictive model, and a post-occupancy study under representative peak-load conditions; testing must be repeated after an expansion.

Acoustical reports must be prepared by a qualified independent acoustical professional and accepted by the Township’s Development Services Department.

Continuous, intermittent, tonal, and low-frequency noise from a data center may not materially affect the use or peaceful enjoyment of nearby property.

Before submitting an application, applicants must confirm the availability of public water and sanitary sewer service and verify that the providers have adequate capacity.

Before submitting an application, applicants must confirm electric-utility availability and verify adequate generating, transmission, and distribution capacity for the anticipated electrical demand, expressed in megawatts.

Ancillary data centers are conditional uses only in the LI zoning district and must be accessory and subordinate to a lawful principal use on the same lot or unified development.

An ancillary data center may not exceed 20 percent of the aggregate gross floor area of the principal buildings and may not exceed 10,000 square feet of Data Center Floor Area.

Existing data centers or other uses that become nonconforming solely because of the text amendment may continue operating and remain conforming, provided they satisfy the specified requirements.

A principal data center is expressly authorized as a conditional use in the LI district, subject to conditional-use standards and possible conditions addressing site design, buffering, noise, lighting, equipment placement, access, and other identified impacts.

Ancillary data centers are added as an allowed accessory use; the summary and use table list them in the O, B, and LI districts, while the detailed Article 4 language specifies conditional approval with standards in the LI district.

An ancillary data center may support a lawful principal use on the same lot or unified development, but it must remain accessory and subordinate and may not exceed 20 percent of the aggregate gross floor area of the principal buildings or 10,000 square feet of Data Center Floor Area.

The amendment defines a Data Center Campus as commonly controlled lots that may include shared buildings, equipment, utilities, substations, access, and phased improvements for data centers or ancillary data centers.

Changes to an approved Planned Development may be processed as major, minor, or administrative modifications rather than as a new Planned Development when they remain within the applicable modification limits; major modifications can include changes to lot coverage, land-use mix, buildings, streets, or circulation, while administrative modifications can include parking, landscaping, and sign-location changes.

Planned Development applicants may propose alternative approaches that achieve the intent of the design criteria, as determined by the Township, and landscaping standards may be negotiated to address operational and other impacts.