Scope
Webster Township Ordinance No. 26-02, the Ordinance Establishing Data Center and Battery Energy Storage System Moratorium (Police Power), imposes a one-year moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction and/or installation of Data Centers and Battery Energy Storage Systems in the township, according to the Township Clerk's notice of adoption.
- Geographic scope
- Webster Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Webster Township Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 21 April 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The notice describes a one-year moratorium but does not state when the year begins, so no end date is calculated.
- Source document
- 29 April 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
On 21 April 2026 the Webster Township Board in Washtenaw County adopted Ordinance No. 26-02, according to the Township Clerk's notice of adoption published on 29 April 2026. The ordinance imposes a one-year moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction and installation of data centers and battery energy storage systems while the township studies revised regulations. The notice does not state the effective day or when the year begins. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- Only the notice of adoption was read; the ordinance text, including definitions and any exceptions, was not read.
- The moratorium also covers battery energy storage systems, which are not data centers.
- The one-year term has no stated start day, so no end date is calculated.
Unresolved questions
- When the ordinance took effect and on what day 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: Webster Township Board page on cms9files.revize.com