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City of Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Moratoria, zoning amendments and siting ordinances for data centers, battery storage, solar and wind in City of Kings Mountain (Gaston County).

Pending

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

History

Hearing notice Moratorium Data centers
City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes · (upcoming) · Gaston County
“3. A date of termination of the moratorium and a statement setting forth why that duration is reasonably necessary to address the problems or conditions leading to imposition of the moratorium.”
Source document, p. 4 (opens in a new tab) Minutes for Jul 28, 2026 +1 related mention
Public hearing Moratorium Data centers
City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes · · Gaston County
“…expressed that most of the people that he has spoken with do not want a data center; however, he acknowledges the economic benefit that these projects bring. He recommended the six-month moratorium, then if staff felt…”
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes · · Gaston County
“The sections of the UDO that will be subject to the moratorium are Section 156.30.02 Land Use Matrix, and Section 156.30.04 Limited Use Standards. Addressing these sections of the UDO will give staff direction on…”
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes · · Gaston County
“A statement of the problems or conditions necessitating the moratorium and what courses of action, alternative to a moratorium, were considered by the local government and why those courses of action were not deemed…”

Enacted moratoria on record

  • 2026-02-24 · Data centers
    Ordinance 26-11, adopted 5-2 on motion by Councilmember Annie Thombs (seconded by Lemmond), enacting 182-day moratorium on permitting new data centers; N.C.G.S. 160D-107(d) findings (problems/conditions, scope, duration, schedule) read into the record by Planning Director Henry Earle (per Feb. 24, 2026 minutes). Dissenting: Neisler, Fletcher. Extended 2026-08-25 by a further ordinance 'to extend the existing moratorium on permitting new data centers for an additional twelve months' (agenda item 10D), adopted 6-1 (Neisler dissenting); extension ordinance number not published in materials located.

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