Scope
Marengo Township Ordinance No. 2026-1, the Marengo Township Data Center Moratorium, enacts a temporary moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction, and/or installation of all Data Centers in the Township for one year, subject to a future extension by resolution, or the Township's implementation of regulations governing Data Centers. Data Center encompasses all like operations, whether or not referenced in the township zoning ordinance, and Section 6 lets a landowner apply for a waiver of an extended moratorium. It applies in Marengo Township, Calhoun County.
- Geographic scope
- Marengo Township, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Marengo Township Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 24 February 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 3: one year, subject to a future extension by resolution, or until the Township implements regulations governing Data Centers. The ordinance does not print the day the year begins.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
The Marengo Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 2026-1 at its regular meeting on 24 February 2026 by a 5-0 vote. It enacts a one-year temporary moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, construction and installation of all data centers in the township, subject to extension by resolution, or until the township adopts data center regulations. The ordinance takes effect immediately after publication, and the clerk's certification states a summary was published on 6 March 2026. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The posted copy includes a blank notice-of-adoption form and a blank county filing date, so it may be a file copy rather than the final certified ordinance.
- Section 7 makes the ordinance effective immediately after publication and the clerk's certification states a summary was published on 6 March 2026; this record does not treat that as a confirmed effective date.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the ordinance took effect on publication on 6 March 2026, and the day its one-year term ends.
- Whether the township extended the moratorium or adopted data center regulations.
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: Marengo Township Board page on marengomi.gov