Overview
- City officials announced on Monday that the council will consider an Aug. 11 vote to start the state-required legal process to enact a temporary moratorium on new data-center applications.
- The Aug. 11 action would only begin public hearings and would not immediately block projects; the city says the earliest final council vote on a moratorium could come in December.
- City Manager Jay Chapa removed the proposed zoning-text changes, noise rules, and economic-agreement items from the Aug. 11 agenda while leaving a water-use item for council consideration.
- The Fort Worth Zoning Commission voted 7–4 on July 8 against recommending the earlier ordinance to add data centers to the zoning code, prompting calls from residents and some council members for a slower, clearer rulemaking process.
- City staff will present revised recommendations at an Aug. 4 work session and are revising land-use, neighborhood-compatibility, water-use, noise and incentive rules, a process supporters say aims to protect nearby neighborhoods and give developers clearer standards.