Scope
Mason Township Ordinance No. 2026-01 adopts a temporary moratorium on the acceptance and/or processing of any applications for a Data Center in Mason Township, Cass County, while the township studies its ordinances and regulations.
- Geographic scope
- Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Mason Township Board of Trustees
Dates
- Adopted
- 2 May 2026
- Effective
- 8 June 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 8 June 2027
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 2 keeps the moratorium in effect twelve months from the effective date, or until amended or new township ordinances or state regulations addressing data centers are effective, whichever occurs first; Section 3 allows extension by resolution. The stored end, 8 June 2027, is computed as twelve months from the printed effective date of 8 June 2026.
- Source document
- 2 May 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
At a special meeting on 2 May 2026 the Mason Township Board of Trustees in Cass County adopted Ordinance No. 2026-01 by a 5-0 roll call, according to the meeting minutes, which reproduce the ordinance. The ordinance stops the acceptance and processing of applications for data centers while the township studies its rules, and the reproduced text lists 8 June 2026 as its effective date. It runs twelve months from the effective date or until new township ordinances or state regulations on data centers take effect, whichever comes first, and the board may extend it by resolution. It is a temporary moratorium on applications, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The source is the township's minutes of the 2 May 2026 special meeting, which reproduce the ordinance with printed ADOPTED and EFFECTIVE dates; the minutes state they were approved on 12 May 2026.
- The stored end date, 8 June 2027, is computed from the printed effective date; the ordinance prints no calendar end date.
- The ordinance applies only in Mason Township, Cass County.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the board extends the moratorium or adopts data center regulations before 8 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: Mason Township Board of Trustees page on masontownship.org