Yakima County WA six-month data center moratorium (2026)

Yakima County, Wash. — SIX-MONTH DATA CENTER MORATORIUM passed by the Board of Commissioners. STATED TRIGGER, QUOTED: 'Yakima County currently doesn't have any data-center-specific regulations in its code.' THIS IS THE CODE-SILENCE DIAGNOSIS AND IT IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY RECURRING TRIGGER IN THIS DATASET: Sauk County WI 18-month data center moratorium (2026) (Supervisor Kinsman: the county has no specific mechanism in its zoning ordinance to address a data center proposal); Newport NC data center moratorium (2026) (the UDO does not specifically address data centers or establish standards); Clayton OH 365-day data center moratorium (2026) (a data center admissible as a WAREHOUSE-type use under an undefined code); Palm Springs Data Center Moratorium (2026) (no definition in municipal or zoning code); Forest Park GA 90-day data center moratorium (2026) (Digital Realty building BY RIGHT for that reason); Marysville KS 12-month data center moratorium (2026) (whose response was an unusually complete definition). THE UNDERLYING PROPOSITION, WHICH THIS DATASET NOW RECORDS FROM MANY DIRECTIONS: a zoning code silent on data centers is not neutral but PERMISSIVE, because an unnamed use is generally an unconditioned one, admitted under whatever adjacent category it most resembles. WASHINGTON FRAMEWORK: RCW 36.70A.390 and RCW 35A.63.220 permit a moratorium or interim control of UP TO SIX MONTHS, renewable for further six-month periods on additional findings (or up to one year where a work plan is adopted), and require a public hearing within 60 days of adoption with findings of fact justifying the measure. A SIX-MONTH TERM IS THE FULL INITIAL PERIOD AVAILABLE. Port Angeles WA six-month data center moratorium (2026) records the same six-month term and the subsequent ratification hearing that framework contemplates. NOT ESTABLISHED: the vote, the exact date, the ordinance number, the operative scope, whether the § 36.70A.390 findings were adopted, and whether a hearing has been held.