Planning Commission, February 4, 2026
Approves Data Center Code Amendment CA26-0002 (ordinance 23-192), 5-2
What happened
The Spotsylvania County Planning Commission voted 5-2 to forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of Supervisors on data center code amendment CA26-0002 (amending ordinance 23-192), which removes data centers as a by-right permitted use in the I-1 and I-2 industrial dist…
- Jurisdiction
- Spotsylvania County, VA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- February 4, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-2
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Data Center Code Amendment CA26-0002 (ordinance 23-192)
Zoning text amendment removing data centers as a permitted use in I-1 and I-2 districts and making them a special use in I-1, I-2, village, office, and commercial districts; strikes data center development standards from code and re-establishes them as a guideline document; allows special use to be approved concurrently with a zoning map amendment without a separate companion SUP application. Commission recommended approval to the Board of Supervisors, but asked the board to consider modifying the force-and-effect provision to grandfather already-submitted compliant site plans (per public speakers one and four). Passed 5-2. Board of Supervisors report due February 24.
- recommendation asks Board to consider a force-and-effect modification to grandfather pending site plans submitted between the December ordinance and this ordinance change that meet the 2025 standards, consistent with public speakers one and four
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
The Spotsylvania County Planning Commission voted 5-2 to forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of Supervisors on data center code amendment CA26-0002 (amending ordinance 23-192), which removes data centers as a by-right permitted use in the I-1 and I-2 industrial dist…
Key Decisions (3)
Data Center Code Amendment CA26-0002 (ordinance 23-192)
Data Center Development Standards Guideline Document
2026 Meeting Schedule Adoption with July 1 Cancellation
Development Activity (3)
Crossroads Technology Park
Commercial
Fredericksburg Digital
Commercial
Telecommunications tower at Fire Station 11
Infrastructure
Market Signals (3)
Commercial Demand
Spotsylvania County has six pending rezoning applications proposing data centers…
Sentiment
The county is moving toward stricter SUP requirements for data…
Infrastructure
The comprehensive zoning ordinance update (with Berkeley Group consultant) and…
Who Spoke (13)
On the record: the chair, 4 commissioners, a staff member, the clerk, 2 attorneys, and 3 members of the public.
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