Genoa Township MI data center and crypto moratorium extension (2026)

Genoa Township, Mich. (Livingston County) — ONE-TIME SIX-MONTH EXTENSION of a temporary moratorium approved by the BOARD OF TRUSTEES on a Monday night, covering 'the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for data centers a[nd cryptocurrency mining]'. THREE FEATURES. (1) THE EXTENSION IS EXPRESSLY 'ONE-TIME', a self-imposed terminal limit that is rare here — most indexed moratoria either state a fixed term with extension available on findings (30-A M.R.S. § 4356; Cal. Gov. Code § 65858) or build extension into the original instrument (Greenfield MA one-year data center moratorium (2026), 180 days if the planning board cannot finish). Declaring an extension to be the last one creates drafting pressure in the way Loveland CO 12-month data center moratorium (2026)'s self-terminating ceiling does from the other direction. (2) FULL THREE-VERB SCOPE — acceptance, processing AND approval. Barring acceptance forecloses the vested-rights exposure that defeated moratoria at Rockford IL, Cle Elum WA, Salem, Lowell and Inver Grove Heights MN data center moratorium amended under lawsuit (2026). (3) CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IS PAIRED WITH DATA CENTERS, as at Bemidji MN one-year data center moratorium (2026) (crypto at ANY size against a 10,000 sq ft data center floor) and Newport NC data center moratorium (2026) (data centers, data processing, crypto mining AND associated uses). The pairing recognises near-identical load, cooling and acoustic profiles across uses that operators describe differently. MICHIGAN COMPARISON WORTH MAKING: Zeeland Township MI data center and energy facility moratorium (2026) faced the same need for more time and REPEALED AND RE-ENACTED instead of extending — restarting the clock with a fresh instrument rather than adding time to an old one, which may avoid the findings an extension requires. GENOA TOOK THE ORTHODOX ROUTE AND CAPPED IT. Michigan interim zoning runs under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3101 et seq.); Raeden v. Gibraltar MI data center moratorium challenge (2026) records a developer challenge to a Michigan municipal moratorium and is the reason Michigan measures should not be assumed unchallengeable. NOT ESTABLISHED: the vote, the exact date, the ordinance number, the ORIGINAL moratorium's term and adoption date, and the new expiry.