Scope
Erie Township Ordinance No. 132, the Erie Township Limited Moratorium on the Development of Data Centers Ordinance, imposes a moratorium on the Township's acceptance and/or processing of any applications, special land use or conditional land use applications (including existing applications, if any) for approval of and/or development of data centers, including building permits, land use permits, site plan approval, certificates of occupancy and zoning permits. It states that no new data centers shall be accepted for review, considered, approved or otherwise allowed during the moratorium period, which ends one year from the effective date or on the effective date of a township zoning amendment regulating data centers, whichever occurs first. It applies in Erie Township, Monroe County.
- Geographic scope
- Erie Township, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Erie Township Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 10 February 2026
- Effective
- 16 March 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 4: the moratorium ends one year from the effective date or on the effective date of an Erie Township zoning amendment regulating data centers, whichever occurs first. The clerk's block prints an effective date of 16 March 2026, which would put the one-year mark at 16 March 2027 (computed), but Section 6 ties effect to the day after newspaper publication and the notice of adoption was published on 16 February 2026, so no end date is stored.
- Source document
- 11 February 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
The Erie Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 132 on 10 February 2026, and the township's copy lists 16 March 2026 as its effective date. It stops the township from accepting or processing data center applications, permits and approvals, including applications already filed, while the township studies zoning rules. It runs for one year from the effective date or until a township zoning amendment regulating data centers takes effect, whichever comes first. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The ordinance's effective-date section ties effect to the day after newspaper publication, and the notice of adoption was published on 16 February 2026, while the clerk's block prints an effective date of 16 March 2026; this record uses the printed date.
- Because of that difference, no end date is stored. One year from the printed effective date would be 16 March 2027 (computed); one year from 17 February 2026 would be 17 February 2027 (computed).
Unresolved questions
- Which day the township treats as the effective date, and so the day the one-year term ends.
- Whether a township zoning amendment regulating data centers takes effect earlier.
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: Erie Township Board page on erietownshipmi.gov