Scope
Clarke County Board of Supervisors Resolution #25-011 establishes and imposes a temporary moratorium on the construction of data centers in the unincorporated areas of Clarke County. The resolution does not name particular applications or permits and states no exceptions.
- Geographic scope
- Clarke County, Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 23 June 2025
- Effective
- 23 June 2025
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The resolution keeps the moratorium in place until the Board passes a resolution placing a permanent moratorium on the construction of data centers, passes an ordinance regulating them, or rescinds the temporary moratorium. The text states no end date.
- Source document
- 23 June 2025
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
On 23 June 2025 the Clarke County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution #25-011 by a 3-0 vote, establishing a temporary moratorium on the construction of data centers in the unincorporated areas of Clarke County. The resolution took effect on passage and states no end date; it remains until the Board adopts a permanent moratorium resolution or a regulating ordinance, or rescinds it. It covers only the unincorporated areas of the county.
What this does not establish
- The resolution text is taken from the Board's minutes of 23 June 2025.
- Later Board actions were not reviewed, so whether the Board has since adopted a permanent moratorium resolution or a data center ordinance, or rescinded this resolution, is not established.
- The resolution addresses construction; it does not say how permit or zoning applications are handled.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board has adopted a permanent moratorium resolution or a data center ordinance, or rescinded this resolution, since 23 June 2025.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Clarke County Board of Supervisors page on clarkecounty.iowa.gov