To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of an Urgency Interim Ordinance Extending the 45-day Temporary Moratorium Prohibiting the Acceptance of Applications to Permit Large Data Centers for 10 months and 15 Days (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the Interim Urgency Ordinance: An Uncodified Interim Urgency Ordinance Extending for 10 Months and 15 Days the Temporary Moratorium on Large Data Centers to Prohibit the Acceptance and Processing of Applications for Data Centers (Attachment 1), Which Shall Take Immediate Effect, based on the findings set forth in the Interim Urgency Ordinance under the provisions contained in California Government Code (CGC) Sections 25123(d) and 65858(a). (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the Post-Adoption Summary (Attachment 2) of the ordinance within 15 days of adoption by the Board, and to post in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance along with the names of those Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance; and
3. Direct Planning and Building Department staff to bring forward an item, if needed, to extend the moratorium prior to its’ expiration date and report on the measures taken to alleviate the condition which led to the adoption of the urgency ordinance per CGC 65858(d).
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board’s Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1008 - Update General Plan ordinances for quality of environment
DISCUSSION:
On Oct. 6, 2026, your Board adopted an interim urgency ordinance establishing a 45-day temporary moratorium to prohibit the acceptance of new applications for data centers (with an exemption for small data centers which use less than...
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