Hillsboro City Council Special Meeting on Data Center Moratorium
Hillsboro City Council convened a special meeting to consider a temporary municipal land use moratorium on new data center and battery energy storage permits while staff updates the Hillsboro Community Development Code.
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Hillsboro City Council Special Meeting on Data Center Moratorium
Hillsboro City Council · July 27, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 2:21 Hillsboro City Planning Staff Board & Planning Staff Procedural auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning
Hillsboro planning staff explains the 45 day state notice requirement and how a temporary moratorium prevents a rush of unvetted data center permit applications.
"uh in order to then have that hearing. So the state needs 45 days notice. Today is day 46. We did this on purpose because when the governor instituted an um a moratorium on enterprise zones, she left time between the time she said we were going to have a moratorum and by the and then when the moratorum was enacted and"
- Clip 2 · 4:29 Hillsboro City Planning Staff Board & Planning Staff Procedural auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Tax Abatements Zoning
Staff distinguishes Hillsboro's proposed municipal land use moratorium from Oregon's state level pause on enterprise zone tax abatements for data centers.
"facilities while drafting potential updates to Hillsboro Community Development Code and to define where to define where and how these facilities operate. The moratorium we will consider today is different, very different and separate from the state's temporary moratorium on enterprise zone agreements. And that's what I was alluding to earlier when I was speaking. That legislation on enterprise zones"
- Clip 3 · 1:35 Hillsboro City Council Member Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning Tax Abatements Power & Grid
Hillsboro City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"Um, so welcome to the city council special meeting. Um, and I wanted to explain why we're here today. And I want to explain why we're here today and why it was a special meeting on a Monday at 9:00 a.m. So we were briefed in executive session on legal implications on doing a moratorum. And in that session we learned one of"
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