Wood County WI data center notice ordinance (Ord. 26-9-2)

Ordinance 26-9-2 (Wood County Board of Supervisors, 2026-09-15) creates Ordinance 709 of the Wood County Code. Vote: motion Pliml/Schulz to enact; Clendenning/Leichtnam motion to postpone to the October meeting lost; original motion carried with Clendenning and Leichtnam voting no, Hamilton excused (18 present = 16-2). 709.1 applies to all proposed Large-Scale Data Centers in the county regardless of whether located in a city, village or town. 709.2 definition: buildings with primary purpose of housing computing/networking equipment that (a) aggregate at least 25,000 sq ft of principal buildings, (b) sit on a single contiguous tract of 10+ acres, and (c) consist of at least 5,000 servers. 709.3: within 30 days of the first 'Planning Contact' (15 enumerated forms, (a)-(o), incl. inquiries to clerks, zoning administrators, planning commissions, elected officials, economic development organizations, CUP/site-plan/annexation submissions, letters of intent) the Contacting Party must notify the Planning and Zoning Director, Administrative Coordinator and Corporation Counsel and provide: location/design/operations; agricultural preservation and land use compatibility; impacts on roads, drainage, emergency services, infrastructure; environmental/stormwater impacts; compatibility; proposed mitigation; other information on County highway/service impacts. 709.4: county review, possible referral to a subcommittee or the Board; county may negotiate a mitigation agreement. Recitals cite Wis. Stat. 86.02 and 86.14 (recovery of highway damages). 709.5(3): takes effect upon passage (cover sheet: 'Upon passage & posting'). NOT ESTABLISHED: any penalty for failure to give notice (none in text).