Scope
City of Cortland Ordinance O-21-26 is titled "An Ordinance imposing a moratorium, not to exceed one year, on the acceptance and processing of applications for zoning, building, or occupancy permits for data centers within the corporate limits of the City of Cortland." It applies only within the city's corporate limits.
- Geographic scope
- Cortland, Ohio
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Cortland City Council
Dates
- Adopted
- 1 June 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The title limits the ordinance's moratorium to a period not to exceed one year; no start day or calendar end date is stated in the minutes.
- Source document
- 1 June 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
On 1 June 2026 the Cortland City Council suspended its rules and passed Ordinance O-21-26 as an emergency measure, with six ayes and one abstention, according to the council minutes. The ordinance title imposes a moratorium, not to exceed one year, on accepting and processing applications for zoning, building or occupancy permits for data centers within the city's corporate limits. The minutes do not state the effective day, so whether it has taken effect is not verified. It concerns new permit applications and does not by itself order existing facilities to close.
What this does not establish
- The source is the council meeting minutes, which give the ordinance title and the vote; the ordinance text, including any definition or exception, was not read.
- Statements by the council president and the law director recorded in the minutes describe the purpose but are not the ordinance text.
- The one-year figure is a maximum and no start day is printed, so no end date is stored.
- The signature lines for the clerk and council president are blank in the copy of the minutes read.
Unresolved questions
- When Ordinance O-21-26 took effect and when its period ends.
- How the ordinance defines a data center.
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: Cortland City Council page on cortlandoh.gov