Scope
Hardyston Township Ordinance 2026-12 adds a definition of Data Center and a new Section 185-28, "Data Centers Prohibited," to the zoning chapter, stating that data centers are prohibited from operating anywhere in the township, and amends Ordinances 2022-12 and 2025-10 so that data centers are a prohibited use in the Vacant Land and Landfill Redevelopment Area at 3490 Route 94, where the 2025 amendment had made them a permitted use.
- Geographic scope
- Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Hardyston Township Council
Dates
- Adopted
- 24 June 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The ordinance as reproduced in the minutes states no end date.
- Source document
- 24 June 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Hardyston Township Council approved Ordinance 2026-12 on second reading on 24 June 2026, according to the council's minutes of that meeting. The ordinance adds a zoning section titled "Data Centers Prohibited," states that data centers are prohibited from operating anywhere in the township, and revises the 3490 Route 94 redevelopment plan, which had listed data centers as a permitted use, to make them a prohibited use. The ordinance takes effect immediately upon final passage, approval and publication; the minutes record the 24 June 2026 second-reading approval, so only publication is unverified. It states no end date.
What this does not establish
- The source is the council minutes of the 24 June 2026 meeting, which reproduce the ordinance text and record the second-reading vote; a separate adoption notice was not reviewed.
- Publication of the adopted ordinance is not recorded in the minutes, so the effective day is not stored.
- The ordinance applies only in Hardyston Township.
- The ordinance text says data centers are "prohibited from operating anywhere"; whether any data center operates in the township was not checked.
Unresolved questions
- When the adopted ordinance was published, and so when it took effect.
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: Hardyston Township Council page on hardyston.com