To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of an Interim Urgency Ordinance Establishing a 45-day Moratorium on the Acceptance of Applications to Permit Data Centers in Unincorporated Humboldt County (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the Interim Urgency Ordinance: An Uncodified Interim Urgency Ordinance of the County of Humboldt Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers to Prohibit Acceptance and Processing of New Applications for Data Centers, Which Shall Take Immediate Effect (Attachment 1), establishing a 45-day moratorium on all of the following: acceptance of applications for, and issuance of any permit, license, or entitlement for any data center within the unincorporated areas of Humboldt County based on the findings set forth in the Interim Urgency Ordinance under the provisions contained in California Government Code (GC) 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 the 45-day expiration date and to report on the measures taken to alleviate the condition which led to the adoption of the urgency ordinance per GC § 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:
Executive Summary:
At the July ...
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