ACT NOW
Turn your concern into power
Every day without new rules is another day developers can exploit to build another data center here. Louisville Metro finally issued draft rules, but, even with subsequent tweaks, they are deeply flawed. We need -- and deserve -- better protection from large data centers. Please take action today:
Easy Step: Sign this petition for protective rules and, until then, a temporary moratorium.
Better Step: Attend one of these public hearings to ask the city to start over, beginning with the model ordinance written by the experts at Kentucky Resources Council.
All hearing to be held at 5pm.
Best Step: Advocate directly to decision-makers; ask them to adopt the model ordinance (above) instead of taking who-knows-how-long to fix the seriously flawed first draft.
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Choose one or more of the top concerns in black, below. Write why they matter to you.
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Ask that the mayor's draft be replaced with Kentucky Resources Council's model ordinance.
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Add that non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are anti-democractic and therefore unacceptable.
Copy and paste your comments into each of these forms:
The draft ordinance is convoluted and has serious loopholes. Here are LCAN's priority concerns for your consideration:
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Eliminate arbitrary tiers. Regulate all data centers on the basis of how much they would impact neighbors, everyone's utility bills, etc.
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Eliminate loopholes. No proposed data center should be approved without public input, an opportunity for a hearing and Metro Council review. Create a new "Industrial Data Center" zoning classification for all data centers and require all proposers to obtain a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).
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Ensure that all other electric, natural gas, water and wastewater utility customers cannot be forced to subsidize data centers with higher bills and/or poorer service.
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Ensure that data centers don't prevent Louisville from achieving our 100% renewable energy goals.
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Limit off-site noise as measured on all decibel scales, including when generators are running, using technology and set-backs.
THANK YOU for exercising your civic muscle.