to offset project impacts and promote County welfare. Must be proportional to project scope and impact, and enforceable via Developer's Agreement.

Sensitive Receptors:

  • Includes residential uses, schools, preschools, daycare centers, in-home daycares, long term care facilities, retirement and nursing homes, hospitals, animal rescues, animal hospitals, kennels, community centers, places of worship, cemeteries, historical sites, parks/park land (inexcluding trails/water trails), recreational facilities, agricultural lands, conservation lands (including state forests and state game lands), PA Fish and Boat Commission “Class A” and “Exceptional Value (EV)” waters, fisheries, fish farms, campgrounds, prisons, and dormitories, and any residence where such residence is not located on a parcel with an existing industrial, commercial, or unpermitted use.

Section 2. Article 5 (Standards for Specific Uses) is amended to add Section 552, Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses:

Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses

  • Hyperscale Data Centers/ and Major Data Centers shall be permitted by SPECIAL EXCEPTION in the HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI), LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI) and MINING (MI) Zoning Districts when approved in compliance with the procedures, standards, and criteria contained in this section.— ordinance. Hyperscale Data Centers and Major Data Centers shall also be permitted by SPECIAL EXCEPTION in the LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI), GENERAL BUSINESS (GB), and HIGHWAY BUSINESS (HB), barring any additional/applicable state and federal regulations, if the proposed data center development is on the same parcel as an existing power generation station as of the date this ordinance is enacted.
  • Edge Data Centers (including Edge data centers, Microdata centers, and Modular data centers) shall be permitted by SPECIAL EXCEPTION in the GENERAL BUSINESS (GB), HIGHWAY BUSINESS (HB), HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI), LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI) and MINING (MI) Zoning Districts when approved in compliance with the procedures, standards, and criteria contained in this section. Ordinance
  • No data center development shall be permitted through a variance on any other zoning designation as of the date this ordinance is enacted.

D. Setbacks

  1. Edge and Minor Data Centers (including Data Center Accessory Uses) shall be set back [1000] feet from the boundary of [RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT(S) INCLUDING AGRICTULTURAL AND CONSERVATION ZONES WITH A RESIDENCE] or the lot line of any property developed with a sensitive receptor.
  2. Hyper and Major Data Centers (including Data Center Accessory Uses) shall be set back [2000] feet from the boundary of [RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT(S) INCLUDING AGRICTULTURAL AND CONSERVATION ZONES WITH A RESIDENCE] or the lot line of any property developed with a sensitive receptor.
  3. Road rights-of-way – 1,000 feet from all adjoining properties and public road rights-of-way.