Title
Committee action authorizing a Temporary Administrative Deferral for Applications related to establishment of data centers.
Staff Summary
• The Planning, Building, Zoning and Environment (PBZE) Committee may authorize the Planning, Building & Development (PBD) Director to place a temporary administrative deferral on all applications related to proposed text amendments per Section 151.011 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances.
• In accordance with PBD’s current practice for amendments, a resolution has been prepared for County Board action directing the ZBA to conduct a public hearing on proposed text amendments related to defining and imposing an 8-month temporary moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Lake County.
• Given heightened concerns about potential interest in unincorporated data center development in the absence of current use-specific regulations, the PBD Director requests the PBZE Committee empower him to place a temporary administrative deferral on all applications materially affected by the proposed amendments, if said resolution is adopted.
• This temporary administrative deferral shall automatically cease upon the expiration of 120 days or upon further action by the County Board related to the proposed amendment, whichever occurs first.