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Section 2. Legislative Authorization: This Local law is authorized by New York State Municipal Home Rule Law Section 10. Section 3: Intent: It is the intent of this local law to establish a temporary one (1) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, consideration, approval, and issuance of applications, permits, certificates, site plan approvals, special use permits, variances, building permits, and other land use approvals relating to the construction, establishment, expansion, enlargement, conversion, or operation of data centers within the Town. Section 4. Definitions: For purposes of the proposed Local Law, a "Data Center" shall mean a building, facility, or group of buildings and facilities used primarily for the housing, operation, management, processing, storage, transmission, or distribution of digital data or electronic information through computer servers, networking equipment, data storage systems, cooling equipment, backup power systems, and related infrastructure, including colocation facilities, cloud computing facilities, artificial intelligence computing facilities, high-performance computing facilities, and similar commercial computing operations. Section 5. Purpose: The purpose of the moratorium is to allow the Town Board sufficient time to study the potential land use, zoning, environmental, infrastructure, public safety, utility demand, noise, traffic, and community character impacts associated with data centers and to determine whether amendments to the Town's Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Law, Site Plan Review Law, and other applicable regulations are necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Town. Section 6. Moratorium: The proposed moratorium would remain in effect for a period of one (1) year from its effective date unless earlier modified, extended, or repealed by the Town Board. 7