Washington, MD — application moratorium
Twelve-month moratorium on data center applications, plans and requests under county authority. Municipalities retain their own zoning authority.
Instrument and scope
Source per field- Country Country of the jurisdiction. US records also carry a state code.
- US 1
- County / parish County or parish the site sits in. Cities keep their own land-use authority.
- Washington County 1
- State US postal abbreviation. Empty for records outside the US.
- MD 1
- Jurisdiction City, township or county that holds the land-use authority, or the country for national policy.
- Washington County 1
- Action type The specific permission, application or policy instrument tracked by this record.
- Moratorium 1
- Recorded status Outcome of the cited instrument: adopted, approved, denied, exempted, notice published and more. Definitions are on the methodology page.
- Adopted 1
- Applicant / proponent Applicant or proponent exactly as named in the public document.
- Not published
- Authority Agency or governing body responsible for the tracked action.
- Washington County Board of County Commissioners 1
- Case / ordinance Official docket, permit, ordinance or agenda identifier.
- Not published
- Decision / notice date Date of the decision, order or notice this row records. The record page names the milestone.
- 2026-06-30 1
- Meeting / hearing date Hearing, workshop or board meeting date, past or upcoming. Meeting type gives its purpose.
- 2026-11-13 2
- Meeting type Purpose of the meeting: public hearing, board meeting, workshop or informational update.
- Planning Commission workshop (no public comment) 2
- Notice comment deadline Comment closing date stated in the published notice.
- Not published
- Stated end date End date stated by the authority. Adopting standards can end a pause sooner.
- Not published
- Reported site area acres Site area in acres, as stated by the source. Scope gives phase and parcel limits.
- Not published
- Reported power MW Power figure stated by the source. Compare only within the same Power basis: backup generation and facility demand are different quantities.
- Not published
- Power basis Meaning of the reported MW figure, as stated by its source.
- Not published
- Scope What this action covers, with its territory and stated conditions.
- Twelve-month moratorium on data center applications, plans and requests under county authority. Municipalities retain their own zoning authority. 1