A fee-in-lieu-of-tax incentive agreement for Clop Aiken SC LLC’s Project Sunflower, allowing the project to receive property-tax benefits under the agreement. The agenda identifies the fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement.

Project Sunflower may receive the benefits of a multi-county industrial or business park, including the related tax-revenue treatment available under that arrangement. The agenda lists the multi-county industrial or business park benefits.

Project Sunflower may receive special-source-revenue credits, which are credits tied to project-related revenue for eligible project costs. The agenda specifically provides for special source revenue credits.

Project Sunflower may be included in a jointly owned and operated industrial/business park with Edgefield County, with an agreement governing park expenses, revenue application, and distribution of fee-in-lieu-of-tax payments. The agenda describes the jointly owned industrial/business park.

Project Tetris may receive a fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-taxes incentive and certain infrastructure credits, subject to the agreement with Aiken County and the project’s sponsors or affiliates. The agenda identifies both the tax incentive and infrastructure credits.

Data centers or other businesses in the joint industrial/business park must comply with applicable county or municipal zoning, health and safety, and building-code requirements. If a property is within a municipality, the municipality’s rules apply.

Businesses and industries located in the park must pay a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes under the park agreement.

Property included in the joint industrial/business park is exempt from ordinary ad valorem property taxes, with the owner or lessee instead paying a fee in lieu of taxes equivalent to the taxes that otherwise would have been due.

Aiken County is authorized to enter into a fee-in-lieu-of-tax and incentive agreement with Clop Aiken SC LLC, including the availability of multi-county industrial/business-park benefits and special-source-revenue credits.

The Project Tetris ordinance authorizes a fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-tax incentive, certain infrastructure credits, and related incentives for the company and its affiliates or project sponsors.

For property in the Aiken County portion of the joint park, net fee-in-lieu revenues are allocated 99% to Aiken County and 1% to Edgefield County; for property in the Edgefield County portion, the allocation is reversed.

The host county may use its allocated park revenues for debt service, special-source-revenue credits, park administration and development expenses, and other economic-development purposes authorized by ordinance.

For privately owned property in the park, the owner bears exclusively any expenses associated with that property, rather than those expenses being allocated between the counties.

Each host county retains discretion to enter into fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements for projects in its portion of the park and to set the terms of those agreements, subject to applicable law.

The joint park agreement lasts for 55 years, and it cannot expire or be terminated while either county has outstanding contractual commitments to a park owner or lessee, including commitments for special-source-revenue credits or other incentives, unless the required consent and replacement-park conditions are met.

The park boundaries may be enlarged or reduced by ordinances of both county councils, allowing additional project property to be included; municipal consent is required when property proposed for inclusion lies within a municipality.

The ordinance assigns county or municipal law-enforcement jurisdiction and the applicable county or municipal emergency-service providers to park property, supporting operation of facilities within the park.

None identified in the reviewed reporting. Adopted ordinance text was not verified, so this is not confirmation that the agreements contain no conditions or restrictions.

Two ordinances providing economic incentives receive final approval. Earlier reporting identifies a proposed Fee in Lieu of Taxes agreement and associated Industrial/Business Park designation for Project Wisteria. Exact assessment ratio, credits, savings and negotiated term are not verified.

The measure imposes a temporary moratorium of up to 180 days on accepting, processing, or approving applications for the construction or expansion of data centers in unincorporated Edgefield County, while the County considers permanent regulations.

Allows data centers as a permitted use in designated industrial areas, subject to the applicable zoning and site-plan requirements.

Provides an administrative or expedited approval path for qualifying data-center development instead of requiring full legislative rezoning approval.

Permits associated facilities and equipment needed to operate a data center, including substations, backup generators, cooling systems, utility infrastructure, and security facilities, subject to applicable development standards.

Supports extensions or improvements to roads, utilities, and other infrastructure serving an approved data-center project, with the project remaining responsible for required construction, design, and permitting obligations.

Preserves approved data-center projects from later changes to the applicable zoning requirements, subject to the conditions and duration of the project’s approval or vested rights.