Scope
Nashville Metropolitan Council ordinance BL2026-1448 declares a moratorium on the acceptance, processing, approval and issuance of zoning, building or grading permits (and, as amended, administrative appeals) by the Metropolitan Department of Codes Administration and the Metropolitan Water Services Department for any data center development in Nashville and Davidson County, until a stated calendar date in late 2026 or the effective date of BL2026-1391 and BL2026-1392, whichever occurs first. Both of those ordinances are recorded in Legistar as effective on 31 July 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County
Dates
- Adopted
- 21 July 2026
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- 31 July 2026
- Completion condition
- By its terms the moratorium ends on the calendar date in Section 1 or on the effective date of BL2026-1391 and BL2026-1392, whichever occurs first; the Legistar histories of both ordinances record them as effective on 31 July 2026.
- 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 Metropolitan Council passed BL2026-1448 on third reading as amended on 21 July 2026 and the Mayor approved it on 24 July 2026. It paused zoning, building and grading permits for data center developments in Nashville and Davidson County until a late-2026 calendar date or the effective date of the new data center zoning ordinances BL2026-1391 and BL2026-1392, whichever came first. Both of those ordinances are recorded as effective on 31 July 2026, so under its own terms the moratorium ended that day; the zoning rules in BL2026-1391 now govern.
What this does not establish
- The ordinance took effect on publication of a newspaper notice; the publication day was not opened, so no effective date is stored.
- The amendment redline shows both 1 November 2026 and 1 December 2026 as the outer date; which one was adopted does not change the result because the other condition occurred first.
- The end day is derived from the ordinance text together with the Legistar effective entries of BL2026-1391 and BL2026-1392; no separate termination order was opened.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
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.
- Related, not a replacement Nashville and Davidson County (Metropolitan Government): zoning code data center use categories and conditions (BL2026-1391) (In effect)
Sources
https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8063111&GUID=2A6E536A-95F6-46B9-993A-1F6E018DD389