Ask Planning Commissioners to Vote for Alternative A Zoning Text Amendments

Send an email before end of day April 19, 2016, to the Prince William County Planning Commissioners asking them to approve Alternative A for data center and substation zoning text amendments. Planning Staff and County Board of Supervisors will also be copied on your email.

You can see the contents of the email request by clicking on “Read and Edit Email” inside the form below.

Please note that the email can be used as is, but personalized emails are always more persuasive, so please consider taking the time to customize it.

Planning Commissioners vote YES Alternative A Zoning Text Amendments

Dear Planning Commissioners,

It has become crystal clear that the crisis surrounding the Amazon Data Centers would never have occurred in Haymarket/Gainesville, but for the outdated, by-right, free-for-all data center zoning in our county.  Citizens have quickly realized that not only does the massive power for the proposed data centers need to be addressed, but so does the old zoning in our county.

When the BOCS directed Planning Staff to work with stakeholders to find a solution to the problem, citizens were thrilled to be a part of that process.  Through all of us working together, we are confident that the new zoning text amendment Alternative A, which includes an update for substations, are indeed the proactive approach our BOCS intended to see as the positive solution moving forward.  This updated zoning serves as a win-win for citizens AND businesses.

Very simply, these zoning updates put PWC in line with our surrounding counties.  They are a fair and common sense approach, which protects the private property of communities and small businesses, while at the same time streamlining our process for data center approval.

Please vote yes on the Planning Staff’s recommended Alternative A for these critical zoning amendments.

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