City of St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis: no city tax incentives for data centers (Ordinance 72182)

Permanent restriction or prohibition · St. Louis only (local rule)

In effect This instrument is recorded as currently in effect as of the dataset date.

Scope

City of St. Louis Ordinance 72182 (Board Bill 55, 2026-2027 session) amends Chapter 3.160 of the Revised Code of Ordinances to add definitions and a section that the City's official ordinance record describes as prohibiting the award of tax incentives to data centers, with an emergency clause. The Board of Aldermen passed it on third reading on 11 September 2026 and the Mayor approved it on 17 September 2026, the effective date the City records. It governs City of St. Louis tax incentives only; it is not a zoning rule and it does not affect state incentives.

Geographic scope
City of St. Louis, Missouri
Jurisdiction
Local
Authority type
Local government
Issuing authority
Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis

Dates

Adopted
17 September 2026
Effective
17 September 2026
Scheduled expiration
See completion condition
Ended
Not recorded as ended
Completion condition
The ordinance record states no expiration.
Source document
The source page states no document date
Last checked
23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)

Summary

The City of St. Louis adopted Ordinance 72182, from Board Bill 55, which adds definitions and a section to Chapter 3.160 of the Revised Code prohibiting the award of tax incentives to data centers. It carries an emergency clause. The Board of Aldermen passed it 13-0 on 11 September 2026 and the Mayor approved it on 17 September 2026, the effective date the City records. The record rests on the City's official ordinance and board bill pages; the ordinance text was not opened, so the definitions and any exceptions are not described.

What this does not establish

  • The ordinance and bill text PDFs on stlouis-mo.gov are excluded by the site's robots.txt (Disallow /*.pdf$) for automated retrieval and were not opened. The definition of a data center, the incentives covered, and any exceptions or grandfathering are therefore not stated.
  • It is a city incentive policy. It does not change Missouri's state data storage center sales tax exemption (record mo-rsmo-144-810-data-storage-center-exemption).
  • The stored adoption day is the Mayor's approval day; the Board passed the bill on third reading on 11 September 2026.

Unresolved questions

  • Whether incentives approved before 17 September 2026 are affected.

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.

Sources

Primary source

https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/city-laws/ordinances/ordinance.cfm?ord=72182

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