The Data Center Divide
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City of Clearfield
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Mixed Data Center Policies
Clearfield has enacted a measure described as temporarily blocking new data centers, conversions, expansions, and related subdivisions citywide for 180 days, without stopping existing operations or deciding permanent rules.
Rating from Utah statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Clearfield.
current law · ClearfieldClearfield City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-13 on September 8, 2026, establishing a 180-day moratorium on data center development.Clearfield City 180-Day Moratorium on Data Center Development (2026)
What this means
The measure would temporarily block new data centers, conversions, expansions, and related subdivisions throughout Clearfield for 180 days (citywide restrictions lasting 180 days). That is a substantial development delay, though it does not ban continued operation of existing centers or decide whether data centers will be allowed permanently.
Timing
- Ends
- 180 days from effective date; exact calendar expiration unverified
Adoption and 180-day moratorium are confirmed. The packet's draft provides for 180 days from the effective date unless terminated earlier by council ordinance. Do not calculate expiration from adoption or notice publication without the final effective-date clause.
People behind it
- Tyson StoddardWebsite
Associate Planner who presented proposed Ordinance 2026-13.
- Dakota WurthWebsite
Councilmember who moved to approve the ordinance.
- Megan RatchfordWebsite
Councilmember who seconded the adoption motion.
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- Mark ShepherdWebsite
Mayor authorized to sign necessary documents.
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Temporary citywide restrictions cover construction of new data centers, conversion or alteration of buildings for data center use, physical expansion of existing data centers, and associated subdivision activity, as described in the approved meeting minutes.
Reporting confirms a 180-day development prohibition. Exact effective date and final signed-text exceptions remain unverified.
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Scope limitation, not an incentive: minutes record that the definition excludes equipment accessory and incidental to another principal use and separately classified telecommunications facilities.
Minutes clarify that the temporary measure does not determine permanent prohibition or zoning incompatibility; this is not an affirmative development entitlement.
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