Scope
Johnson County Resolution 10-15-26-01 extends the pause in Resolution 11-06-25-01 on approval of rezoning, subdivision, and site-plan applications, and on issuance of building permits, for siting or construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County. The extended pause expires at 11:59:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, 8 August 2027, unless the Board extends it again. The Board may end it earlier when Unified Development Ordinance amendments are finished.
- Geographic scope
- Unincorporated Johnson County, Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 15 October 2026
- Effective
- 15 October 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 8 August 2027
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The extension runs until 11:59:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, 8 August 2027, unless the Board of Supervisors extends it again or ends it earlier after the Unified Development Ordinance amendments are finished.
- Source document
- 15 October 2026
- Last checked
- 25 October 2026
Summary
On 15 October 2026, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 10-15-26-01 by a vote of five ayes. It extends the temporary pause created by Resolution 11-06-25-01 on rezoning, subdivision, site-plan approval, and building permits for siting or construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County. The extension took effect on adoption. The pause now ends at 11:59:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, 8 August 2027, unless the Board extends it again or ends it sooner after amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance are complete. The Planning and Zoning Commission's 14 September 2026 recommendation of a nine-month extension is not a substitute for that stated time. This is a temporary pause on those approvals. It is not an inventory of projects, and it does not apply inside incorporated cities.
What this does not establish
- The text applies only in unincorporated Johnson County. It is not an Iowa City ordinance and it does not cover other incorporated cities.
- The nine-month figure is the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation from 14 September 2026. The adopted end is the printed Central Time timestamp on 8 August 2027.
- The 2025 resolution's clock was 11:59 p.m. This extension's clock is 11:59:59 p.m. The two printed clock formats are retained without assuming missing seconds.
- The PDF is a packet. Resolutions 10-15-26-02 and 10-15-26-03, adopted the same day, are not part of this record. The file's 16 October 2026 last-modified time is the packet timestamp.
- The extension cites the 2025 resolution for the existing pause. It does not restate that resolution's definition, and it does not say the 2025 resolution is repealed.
- Iowa's state sales-tax exemption and refund statutes are separate instruments. This resolution does not change them.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board ends the pause before 8 August 2027, after the ordinance amendments, is not decided by this resolution.
- Whether any incorporated city in Johnson County adopted its own data-center ordinance was not checked.
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.
Sources
https://johnsoncountyiowa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-10/Resolution%202026_1.pdf
- Resolution 11-06-25-01 packet originating resolution cited by the extension · 6 November 2025