Scope
Barberton No. 157-2025, headed as a resolution and titled "An Ordinance Instituting a Moratorium on Data Centers within Barberton, and Declaring an Emergency," provides in Section 1 that Council imposes a moratorium on data centers within Barberton. The ordinance text does not say which applications, permits or approvals are covered, does not define a data center, lists no exceptions and states no end date. It applies only within the City of Barberton.
- Geographic scope
- Barberton, Ohio
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Barberton City Council
Dates
- Adopted
- 10 November 2025
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The text states no end date.
- Source document
- 20 October 2025
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
Barberton City Council's No. 157-2025, headed as a resolution and titled as an emergency ordinance, states that Council imposes a moratorium on data centers within Barberton; the copy read shows it passed on 10 November 2025. The ordinance text does not say which permits or approvals are covered, gives no definition or exceptions, and states no end date. As an emergency measure it takes effect on passage and approval if it received the votes the city charter requires, otherwise at the earliest time allowed by law. The Mayor's approval date is blank in the copy read, so whether it has taken effect is not verified.
What this does not establish
- The copy read is an unsigned word-processed copy dated 20 October 2025 at the top, with the passage date filled in and the Mayor's approval date blank.
- The document is numbered as a resolution, but its title and text call it an ordinance.
- The text states no end date and no term, so no end date is stored; whether Council later ended or replaced the measure was not checked.
- The text gives no definition of a data center and does not name the permits or approvals covered.
Unresolved questions
- Whether No. 157-2025 received the emergency votes and the Mayor's approval, and when it took effect.
- Whether Council has since ended or replaced No. 157-2025.
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: Barberton City Council page on cityofbarberton.com