Scope
Joyfield Township Resolution 2026-07 imposes a temporary moratorium on the review, acceptance, processing, or issuance of any applications, permits, rezonings, licenses, or approvals for Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities, including zoning approvals, site plan approvals, special land use permits, zoning compliance permits, and building permits. It defines a Data Center as a structure that houses information technology infrastructure and equipment for building, running, and delivering applications, and the storage of digital data, including artificial intelligence data centers. Section 5 allows the Township Board to extend the moratorium by resolution for up to six more months, and Section 4 allows the board to end it earlier.
- Geographic scope
- Joyfield Township, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Joyfield Township Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 7 October 2026
- Effective
- 7 October 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 4 keeps the moratorium in effect for twelve months from the resolution's effective date, unless terminated earlier by action of the Township Board; Section 9 makes the resolution effective immediately upon adoption on 7 October 2026, and Section 5 allows an extension by resolution of up to six months. No calendar end date is printed, so none is stored.
- Source document
- 7 October 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Joyfield Township Board in Benzie County adopted Resolution 2026-07 on 7 October 2026, and the resolution took effect immediately upon adoption. It places a temporary moratorium on reviewing, accepting, processing or issuing applications, permits, rezonings, licenses or approvals for data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities, including site plan approvals, special land use permits and building permits. The moratorium lasts twelve months from its effective date unless the board ends it earlier, and the board may extend it by up to six months. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The source is the township's signed copy of Resolution 2026-07, which records four ayes, no nays and one member absent and carries the Township Clerk's certification that it was adopted on 7 October 2026.
- The resolution also covers cryptocurrency mining facilities.
- No calendar end date is printed; the twelve-month term runs from the effective date.
- The moratorium applies only in Joyfield Township, Benzie County.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Township Board extends the moratorium or amends its Master Plan or Zoning Ordinance before the twelve-month 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: Joyfield Township Board page on joyfieldtownshipmi.gov
- Joyfield Township notice of adoption of Resolution 2026-07 — Notice of adoption stating the 7 October 2026 adoption, the twelve-month term from the effective date of 7 October 2026 and the possible six-month extension