5833 S Anthony Blvd rezone
Approved 8-0
freeApproved 8-0moved by Raleigh Booker
Fort Wayne Meetings
City Council, October 13, 2026
Denies Temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals, 4-4
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What happened
Fort Wayne Common Council rejected R-26-09-17, a non-binding resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on certain (large-scale/hyperscale) data center approvals, on a 4-4 tie vote after a motion to table failed; the companion resolution G-26-09-16 creating a Community Infras…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 13, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Denied, 4-4
Free sample: decision 1 of 9
Temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals
Non-binding resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on large-scale/hyperscale data center approvals in Fort Wayne, held from 9-22-26. Motion to table by Councilman Inslee failed; passage then failed on a 4-4 tie. Does not affect the existing Google hyperscale data center under construction. Plan Commission governing board separately voted 7-1 on Oct 1 to begin work on zoning definitions for data centers.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Fort Wayne Common Council rejected R-26-09-17, a non-binding resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on certain (large-scale/hyperscale) data center approvals, on a 4-4 tie vote after a motion to table failed; the companion resolution G-26-09-16 creating a Community Infras…
Key Decisions (9)
Denied
Temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals
Vote: 4-4
Denied
Creation of Fort Wayne Community Infrastructure and Environmental Review Commission
Vote: 3-5
Approved
Down-zoning at 612 East Jefferson Boulevard
Vote: 8-0
Approved
Rezoning to R1 for 25-lot plat, 10600 block Coneflower Drive
Vote: 8-0
Approved
Rezoning at 5833 South Anthony Boulevard
Vote: 8-0
Approved
Downtown Dining District liquor license for WonderWorks Brewing Company
Vote: 7-1Conditions attached
Approved
Purchase of three floodplain parcels, 2900 block Broad Ripple Drive
Vote: 8-0
Approved
Fort Wayne public transportation 2027 appropriation
Vote: 8-0
Tabled
2027 salary ordinances held to October 27
Vote: 8-0
Development Activity (2)
25-lot single-family plat, 10600 block Coneflower Drive
Residential
WonderWorks Brewing Company beer hall
Commercial
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Fort Wayne Plan Commission voted 7-1 to begin drafting zoning…
Sentiment
Council split 4-4 on a data center moratorium, with several…
Commercial Demand
West Main Street corridor seeing reinvestment, including a new roundabout…
Labor
Union trades working on the Google data center attended and…
Who Spoke (14)
ChairCouncilmember · 7Staff · 3ClerkApplicant
On the record: the chair, 7 councilmembers, 3 staff members, the clerk, and the applicant.
Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded voteR-26-09-17 As Amended – Held from 9/22/26 A Resolution establishing a temporary… plan amendment
Denied 4-4
freeDenied 4-4
5833 S Anthony Blvd rezone
Approved 8-0
freeApproved 8-0moved by Raleigh Booker
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