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September 9, 2026 CRYPTOCURRENCY – Digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. CRYPTOCURRENCY DATA MINE – A specific type of data center using a facility or use of land, buildings or structures where computing equipment is used to solve complex mathematical algorithms in connection with verifying and adding transactions to a blockchain or other distributed ledger, commonly known as cryptocurrency mining. For purposes of this law, a cryptocurrency data mining operation shall be considered a distinct land use, different from a data center as defined in this section. COMMERCIAL CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING – The commercial process by which cryptocurrency transactions are verified and added to the public ledger, known as the block chain, and also the means through which new units of cryptocurrency are released, through the use of server farms employing data processing equipment. For the avoidance of doubt, any equipment requiring a High-Density Loan Service, or any Server Farm, will constitute a Commercial Cryptocurrency Mining operation. DATA CENTER – An industrial use facility that is primarily used for the storage, management, processing, and transmission of digital data, and which houses computer or network equipment, systems, servers, appliances, and other associated components related to the digital data storage and processing as a principal land use on a parcel. Equipment and accessories customary to data centers including but not limited to air handlers, power generators, water cooling and storage facilities, utility substations, and other associated utility infrastructure shall also be considered part of a data center. HIGH DENSITY LOAD SERVICE – The provision of electrical service where the requested load density has, for any monthly billing or usage period, either an average power demand in excess of 300 kilowatts, or an average power density in excess of 250 kilowatt-hours per year per square foot of the leased or owned boundaries of floor space devoted to operating the data processing equipment, and excludes space used for office, storage, and other non-electronic processing uses. SERVER FARM – Three (3) or more interconnected computers housed together in a single facility whose primary function is to perform cryptocurrency mining or associated data processing. Section 5. MORATORIUM A. The Town Board hereby enacts a moratorium which shall prohibit the siting, development or construction of any Data Center, Accessory Data Center and Cryptocurrency Data Mine in the Town of Eden. B. This moratorium shall be in effect for a period of twelve (12) months from the effective date of this Local Law and shall expire on the earlier of: (i) the date twelve (12) months from the effective date of this Local Law, unless renewed; or (ii) the enactment by Town Board of a resolution indicating that the Town Board is satisfied that the need for the moratorium no longer exists. C. This moratorium shall apply to all real property in the Town of Eden. D. Special Use Permits which have been previously granted for the siting, development or construction of any Data Center, Accessory Data Center and Cryptocurrency Data Mine shall be expressly excluded from this moratorium. Section 6. RELIEF FROM PROVISIONS OF THIS LOCAL LAW A. The Town Board reserves to itself the power to vary or adapt the strict application of the requirements of this Local Law in the case of unusual hardship which would deprive the owner of all reasonable use of the lands involved. B. Application for relief shall be filed in triplicate with the Town Clerk together with a filing fee of $250.00 and an escrow fund in an amount determined to be reasonably necessary to cover expected costs for professional consultants hired by the Town of Eden to assist in evaluating such application. The application shall specifically identify the property involved, recite the circumstances pursuant to which relief is sought and the reasons for which the relief is claimed. Any costs, including expert consulting fees or attorneys’ fees incurred by the Town, shall be reimbursed to the Town by the applicant. The Town Board shall apply Use Variance criteria as set forth in the New York State Town Law, Section 267-b(2) in reviewing any application for relief. C. The Town Board may refer any applications for relief herein to the Town Planning Board for its advice and recommendations, but all decisions on granting or denying such relief shall be made solely by the Town Board after determining whether the requested relief is compatible with any contemplated amendments to the Town’s Zoning Law, unless completely satisfied that the proposed relief is compatible, the Town Board shall deny the application. 4