Brighton City Council passed a one-year data center moratorium on first reading Oct. 6; the final vote is set for Oct. 20. Arvada held a hearing the same night on an 18-month pause covering building and engineering permits for data centers of 10 megawatts or more.
#Colorado #Zoning

MINNEAPOLIS TIGHTENS PROPOSED DATA CENTER RULES

Commissioners backed a 50,000-square-foot server-space limit. City Council approval is still needed.

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#MinneapoliMedia #WednesdayNews #Minneapolis #DataCenters #CityPlanning #Zoning #EnergyInfrastructure

Grand Junction City Council approved on first reading Oct. 7 a one-year pause on data center applications with a planned load of 1 megawatt or more, KKCO 11 News reported. It covers site plans through building permits. Public hearing and final vote: Oct. 21.
#Colorado #Zoning

How is your community preparing for its next energy development proposal?

#Rural #Planning #LandUse #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #Zoning

"A North Dakota judge ruled Friday that state rules on where infrastructure, such as pipelines, can be built do not automatically trump local zoning ordinances."
Not a fan of state pre-emption of local #zoning. Also means we need to do better with local planning.

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Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack Threatens Court Battle With Alberta Over Infill Housing Order

#Edmonton #Yeg #Alberta #Zoning

In urban planning, #zoning was a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides landed into land-use and building "zones", each of which had a set of regulations for new development that differed from other zones.

Data center pauses: Moffat County commissioners Oct. 13, Brighton second reading Oct. 20, Grand Junction hearing Oct. 21. Arvada adopted an 18-month pause Oct. 6, unanimously. Table + sources: https://muninnphotomap.net/news/colorado-data-center-pauses-votes-october-2026
#Colorado #Zoning

Importantly, IMO, we have a new zoning code which now has transition requirements where different kinds of uses are right next door, a common condition in this and every city I know of #zoning

The packet for today (tonight's?)'s Charlottesville Planning Commission is posted here https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2618/files/agenda/6626 #cville #housing #zoning #uva

From @ij.org

No #Fake #Zoning Everyone is #Free to go #Hiking

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An ordinance on Pueblo City Council's Oct. 13 consent agenda creates a Mechanical Contractor-B license and makes Mechanical Contractor-C a residential-only license. Public hearings are set for Oct. 26.
#Colorado #Zoning

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for pre-covering the Charlottesville Planning Commission and five technical questions about how to build new homes near the University of Virginia #cville #housing #uva #zoning https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlottesville/s/CB8CUqTnWq

This is an example of why we will always support residents over land developers > news.sky.com/share/13593444 #ukpolitics #cdnpoli #uspoli #zoning

Edmonton City Council Faces Provincial Directive to Revert Infill Housing Rules

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

#housing #zoning #edmonton

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This week in Colorado Sign & Build News: 62 new stories on local codes, home builders and the sign trade, from Colorado Springs, Castle Rock and Commerce City.
All of them: muninnphotomap.net/news
#Colorado #Zoning

Today's #news roundup: nitroglycol.blogspot.com/2026/10/news... #Edmonton #Alberta #UCP #zoning #DanielleSmith #MPI #Uber #Lyft #rideshare #fraud #BCConservativeParty #JoachimAgou #AmericanChestnut #datacentres