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Penn Township, Michigan

Moratoria, zoning amendments and siting ordinances for data centers, battery storage, solar and wind in Penn Township (Cass County).

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No upcoming vote or hearing detected in the documents we have read.

History

On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Planning Commission Board - Meets as needed · · Cass County
“Recommendation of Data Center Moratorium Nick Dussel made a motion to recommend approval of the proposed Section 6.26 Data Center Moratorium, including the approved amendments, and forward the recommendation to the Cass…”
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Planning Commission Board - Meets as needed · · Cass County
“New Business – Public Hearing Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment – Section 6.26, Data Center Moratorium The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing regarding the proposed data center moratorium.”
Public hearing Moratorium Data centers
Planning Commission Board - Meets as needed · · Cass County
“New Business – Public Hearing Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment – Section 6.26, Data Center Moratorium The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing regarding the proposed data center moratorium.”
Hearing notice Zoning amendment Data centers
Planning Commission · · Cass County

Hearing notice: data center zoning amendment, Planning Commission; meeting Oct 6, 2026. The notice text is not reproduced here; open the original notice to read it.

Hearing notice Moratorium Data centers
Planning Commission · · Cass County

Hearing notice: data center moratorium, Planning Commission; meeting Oct 6, 2026. The notice text is not reproduced here; open the original notice to read it.

Adopted Moratorium Data centers
Board of Trustees - Fiscal Year 2026 · · Cass County
“D. Temporary Moratorium: A temporary moratorium on Township consideration and decision-making on applications for Data Centers is hereby adopted under the following terms, conditions, and limitations:”
Source document, p. 8 (opens in a new tab) Minutes +3 related mentions
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Board of Trustees - Fiscal Year 2026 · · Cass County
“2026-06, PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2026-02, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE 6 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF PENN TOWNSHIP BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 6.26, TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS Clerk Barnett read the resolution…”
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Planning Commission Board - Meets as needed · · Cass County
“…• Redick will prepare a proposed resolution for the moratorium, for Township Board consideration, and also a zoning ordinance amendment moratorium, to be presented to the Planning Board for consideration. • A timeline…”
Adopted Moratorium Data centers
Township Board · · Cass County

Adopted: data center moratorium, Township Board; meeting May 21, 2026. The notice text is not reproduced here; open the original notice to read it.

Enacted moratoria on record

  • 2026-05-21 · Data centers
    Township Board non-zoning (general law) data center moratorium ordinance (number not located)

Source: Moratorium Nation (Michael J. Bommarito), CC BY 4.0. Matched to this jurisdiction by name and location; check the original record.