Scope
Town of Orangetown Local Law No. 5 of 2026 imposes a temporary town-wide moratorium under which the Town Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and the building, planning and zoning office shall not accept, process, decide, approve or issue permits or certificates of occupancy for applications to install battery energy storage systems and data storage facilities (data centers) for 180 days from its effective date. Applications for data storage facilities submitted before 1 July 2026 may proceed, and property owners may seek a hardship waiver.
- Geographic scope
- Town of Orangetown, New York
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Orangetown Town Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 25 August 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 9 keeps the local law in force for 180 days from its effective date, renewable once for 180 days by Town Board resolution. The effective date is not printed, so no end date is calculated.
- Source document
- 25 August 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Town of Orangetown posted Local Law No. 5 of 2026 as adopted on 25 August 2026, the date of the Town Board's public hearing on it. The local law suspends the acceptance, processing and approval of applications and permits for battery energy storage systems and data storage facilities for 180 days from its effective date, with a possible 180-day renewal by resolution. Data storage facility applications submitted before 1 July 2026 may proceed. The law takes effect on adoption and filing with the Secretary of State; the filing date is not printed.
What this does not establish
- The adoption date is taken from the town page title for the posted local law; the local law text itself shows the number but no adoption date.
- The filing date with the Secretary of State is not printed, so effect and the end of the 180 days are not confirmed.
- The moratorium also covers battery energy storage systems, which are not data centers.
Unresolved questions
- When Local Law No. 5 of 2026 was filed and took effect, and whether the Town Board renewed it.
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: Orangetown Town Board page on orangetown.com
- Town notice of public hearing on the proposed local law — Shows the 25 August 2026 public hearing on the temporary moratorium · 16 July 2026