Troup County Times and Watch

RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA
DECLARING A MORATORIUM WITH RESPECT TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR EXPANSION OF DATA
CENTERS AND/OR CRYPTO MINING OR CYBER
CURRENCY MINING FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Hogansville, Georgia, a municipal corporation in Troup County, Georgia, is lawfully empowered to regulate commercial and industrial development within its corporate limits, including the establishment of zoning districts and regulations, in order to protect
and preserve the public health, safety, welfare and property values of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council, as the governing authority ofthe City of Hogansville, Georgia, consider its ability and duty to so regulate commercial development and zoning as a valid, substantial and important governmental purpose which justifies said regulation; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Hogansville desire to review that portion of its ordinances relating to data centers and crypto mining or cyber currency mining facilities, in order to consider zoning classifications, districts, and/or regulations and standards for location, distance, buffers, noise and other potential ancillary impacts of data centers, crypto mining facilities and/or cyber currency mining facilities, including the potential effects of any such
facilities on surrounding properties as well as the City and properties surrounding the City, and WHEREAS, a review of said provisions, to be undertaken promptly but with all deliberate speed, is anticipated to require a minimum of approximately ninety (90) days to complete; and
WHEREAS, during the review and proposal of any proposed modifications to said existing ordinances and/or other provisions, the Mayor and Council desire to maintain the status quo within the City and provide consistent regulation of any such facilities moving forward:

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA, AND IT IS SO RESOLVED BY THE
AUTHORITY THEREOF, that a moratorium for any application or the acceptance of any application relating to the establishment of a new data center, crypto mining facility or cyber currency mining facility, including but not limited to any applications for the expansion of any
such existing facilities, special land use permits, rezonings, land disturbance permits, building
permits, business licenses, or certificates of occupancy within the City of Hogansville, Georgia, is hereby imposed, and no such licenses, permits or permissions with respect to the establishment, expansion or development of a data center, crypto mining facility and/or cyber currency mining
facility shall be acted upon by the City of Hogansville for ninety (90) days from the date of the adoption of this Resolution.
For the purposes of this Resolution, the term “data center” means a physical room, building, that principally houses infrastructure for building, running, processing, hosting, delivering and/or transmitting data, applications and/or services, and/or for storing and managing the data associated with those applications and/or services.
For the purposes of this Resolution, “crypto mining facility” and/or “cyber currency mining facility” means a physical room, building, structure, and/or facility that principally houses infrastructure for the mining, hosting, storing and/or transfer of cryptocurrency, cyber currency, and/or any other similar digital currency.
This moratorium shall immediately expire ninety (90) days from the date of adoption of this Resolution unless shortened, extended or otherwise modified by further official action of the Mayor and Council of the City of Hogansville.