PLYMOUTH — During their regular meeting on Monday, the Marshall County Commissioners have banned data centers in the
county for the foreseeable future.
The Commissioners passed the ordinance on all three readings.
County Plan Director Nicholas Witwer explained the reason for the ordinance that will replace the current moratorium on data centers.
Along with data centers, the first reading of ordinances that will limit any farm-scale solar facilities in the county to a total of five acres and create a quarter-mile setback for any battery storage facilities.
After Witwer’s presentation of the battery ordinance, the commissioners again passed all three readings. So far as solar “farms”…
Second reading on the solar farm ordinance will be in two weeks.
