Scope
Woodbury County Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 14064 enacts a temporary moratorium prohibiting the acceptance, processing, consideration or approval of any zoning, subdivision, site plan, conditional use, building permit, rezoning or other development applications for any type or class of data center within the unincorporated territory of Woodbury County. It does not apply to legally established existing data centers currently in operation, to applications that received all required final approvals before its effective date, or to routine maintenance, repair or upgrades of existing lawful facilities that are not an expansion or a new data center use.
- Geographic scope
- Woodbury County, Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Woodbury County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 23 June 2026
- Effective
- 23 June 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 23 June 2027
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The resolution remains in effect for twelve months from the date of its adoption unless earlier rescinded or extended by a later Board resolution. No calendar end date is printed; the stored 23 June 2027 is computed as twelve months from adoption on 23 June 2026.
- Source document
- 23 June 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
On 23 June 2026 the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution No. 14064 by a 5-0 vote. The resolution enacts a twelve-month moratorium on accepting, processing, considering or approving zoning, subdivision, site plan, conditional use, building permit, rezoning and other development applications for data centers in unincorporated Woodbury County, and took effect on passage. Legally established data centers in operation, applications with all final approvals before it took effect, and routine maintenance of existing lawful facilities are excluded. At the same meeting the Board directed the Zoning Commission to review permitting procedures for industrial data centers; the resolution itself is a temporary pause, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The county's resolution page is an accessible copy that the county says may not reflect the full, complete version; the original resolution document was not reviewed.
- The stored 23 June 2027 end date is computed as twelve months from adoption on 23 June 2026; the resolution prints no calendar end date.
- The resolution applies only within the unincorporated territory of Woodbury County.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board rescinds or extends the resolution, or adopts zoning changes for data centers, before 23 June 2027.
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: Woodbury County Board of Supervisors page on woodburycountyiowa.gov
- Woodbury County Board of Supervisors minutes, 23 June 2026 — Board minutes recording the 5-0 vote and the resolution text · 23 June 2026