the development is located and/or localized area/vicinity of the development. The community incentive package must be provided, in writing, as part of the Developer's Agreement.

  1. Annual Reports:
  2. (Reports to be added here)
  3. Declaration of onsite energy production, renewables, alternatives, etc.
  4. (Bonding language to be included here).
  5. Section 3: SPECIAL EXCEPTION Review. In addition to all other requirements for Special Exception uses, the following supporting documents must be submitted as a part of the Special Exception application to the Zoning Hearing Board:
  6. Site Plan of the proposed project
  7. Documentation of required studies (noise, vibration, water, environmental, etc.)
  8. Plans for electricity and water infrastructure
  9. Emergency Response Plan
  10. Decommissioning Plan
  11. Developer's Agreement

Section 4: Severability. If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this Ordinance or of the Zoning Ordinance is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections, or parts hereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Luzerne County Council that this amendment to the Luzerne County Zoning Ordinance would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.

Section 5. Repealer. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as the same affects this Ordinance.

Section 6 Codification. Pursuant to the [APPLLICABLE MUNICIPAL CODE] and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the Luzerne County Zoning Ordinance shall hereby be codified to incorporate the above-referenced amendments.

Section 7. Effective Date. This amendment to the Luzerne County Zoning Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its adoption. The ordinance shall apply to all Data Center Plans in municipalities under Luzerne County Zoning jurisdiction submitted on or after the effective date. DULY ADOPTED AND ENACTED by the Luzerne County Council, this day of 2026, in lawful session duly assembled.

Luzerne County Council: