{"id":130642,"date":"2026-03-05T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130642\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:24:27","slug":"jenkins-twp-to-hold-public-hearing-on-data-center-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130642\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenkins Twp. to hold public hearing on data center ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jenkins Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, March 30, at the Jenkins Township Hose Company #2, 2 St., Jenkins Twp., to review a proposed amendment to the township zoning ordinance regulating data centers.<\/p>\n

Anyone with questions or comments about the proposed amendments, or who would like to know more about them, is encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n

For anyone who can\u2019t make it to the hearing, it will be livestreamed via the Township Facebook <\/a>Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any questions may be emailed to [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and must be received by 4 p.m. Friday, March 27.<\/p>\n

Residents who wish to see the full text of the ordinance can do so by visiting the Township Municipal Bldg. Office, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, according to a meeting notice posted to the township\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Additionally, copies of the full text of the ordinance amendment are also available at the Law Library located in the Luzerne County Courthouse, 200 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, during normal business hours.<\/p>\n

Of note, the amendment would create a new use for data centers, create new definitions and additional regulations for said uses, including accessory uses and structures.<\/p>\n

Assistant Zoning Officer Ronald Giza previously explained at the Feb. 11 meeting<\/a> that the ordinance would create an overlay district where data centers would be permitted in the center point area of the township, on the other side of the turnpike.<\/p>\n

The proposed ordinance would allow data centers as a conditional use, which means any applicant would have to go before the board of supervisors, and a public hearing must be held.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the amendments would further regulate the site development for the data center overlay district, including permitted uses in a DCO Data Center Overlay District, Community and Fiscal Impact Analysis, as well as dimensional regulations and supplemental regulations.<\/p>\n

According to township officials, no data center proposal or application has been submitted to the board of supervisors or the zoning officer.<\/p>\n

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