In a unanimous vote Monday, the Port Wentworth planning commission rejected a proposal to define data centers in the small city’s zoning ordinance.
The panel’s non-binding recommendation goes to city council for its consideration on Thursday.
At Monday’s meeting City Attorney Scott Robichaux explained the proposed ordinance change was meant to define a data center and provide “reasonable rules that we can put in place if somebody did want to bring a data center to us.” The amendment “is not an approval of data centers,” he repeatedly told the panel of eight commissioners and audience of about 30 citizens at the mid afternoon meeting at City Hall…