Scope
Hillsdale Township Ordinance No. 2026-06-01 adopts a temporary moratorium on the acceptance and/or processing of any applications for a Data Center in Hillsdale Township, Hillsdale County, while the township studies its ordinances and regulations and considers revisions. The official copy contains no definition of data center and no exemptions. Section III allows the Township Board to extend the moratorium by resolution before it expires.
- Geographic scope
- Hillsdale Township, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Hillsdale Township Board of Trustees
Dates
- Adopted
- 9 June 2026
- Effective
- 24 June 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section II keeps the moratorium in effect for one year from the effective date of the ordinance (printed as 24 June 2026), or until amended or new township ordinances or regulations addressing data centers are effective, whichever occurs first; Section III allows the Township Board to extend it by resolution before it expires. No calendar end date is printed, so none is stored.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Hillsdale Township Board of Trustees in Hillsdale County adopted Ordinance No. 2026-06-01 on 9 June 2026, and the township's official copy prints an effective date of 24 June 2026. The ordinance places a temporary moratorium on the acceptance and processing of any applications for a data center while the township studies its ordinances and considers revisions. It runs for one year from the effective date or until new or amended township rules on data centers take effect, whichever comes first, and the board may extend it by resolution. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The source is the township's posted copy of the ordinance, which prints its ADOPTED and EFFECTIVE dates; no adoption minutes, vote record or publication notice were reviewed.
- The ordinance does not define data center.
- No calendar end date is printed; the one-year term runs from the printed effective date.
- The ordinance applies only in Hillsdale Township, Hillsdale County.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Township Board extends the moratorium or adopts data center regulations before the one-year term ends.
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: Hillsdale Township Board of Trustees page on hillsdaletownshipmi.gov