Gregg Township PA data center moratorium resolution (2026)

Gregg Township, Pa. (Union County; Allenwood dateline) — RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM on new data center development passed by the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS on a Thursday in 2026, 'temporarily barring the acceptance, processing a[nd approval]' of applications (the captured sentence is truncated). OPERATIVE SCOPE: acceptance AND processing, with approval implied by the truncation but NOT established. BARRING ACCEPTANCE IS THE OPERATIVE PROTECTION: an unfiled application cannot ripen, which forecloses the vested-rights exposure recorded at Rockford IL (annexation agreement), Cle Elum WA (2002 development agreement), Salem (pre-filed application), Lowell (settlement) and most acutely Inver Grove Heights MN data center moratorium amended under lawsuit (2026) (a filed application became a $150M damages demand and the city amended its ordinance rather than litigate). Compare the three-verb formulations at Marysville KS 12-month data center moratorium (2026), McDonald OH one-year data center moratorium (2026) and Arcata CA 45-day data center moratorium (2026). INSTRUMENT CAUTION: the measure is a RESOLUTION, not an enacted interim zoning ordinance. Under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code zoning is enacted and amended by ordinance following prescribed notice and hearing; A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THAT APPLICATIONS NOT BE ACCEPTED IS A WEAKER FOOTING if tested, and is closer in form to West Mahanoy Township PA curative amendment, data centers and solar (2026) (also a resolution, but one invoking the MPC curative amendment procedure and thereby securing a statutory 180-day shield) than to an interim ordinance. WHETHER GREGG TOWNSHIP INVOKED THE CURATIVE AMENDMENT PROCEDURE IS NOT ESTABLISHED and would materially affect durability. NOT ESTABLISHED: THE TERM LENGTH (not reported; expires_date left NULL), the vote, the exact date, the resolution number, and any threshold.