zoning - Warren, Tracked.

Title card about Warren Township banning data centers in every zone.

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Warren banned data centers in every zone before anyone applied to build one

Ordinance 26-19 took effect in June. It removes data centers from the permitted uses in the General Industrial district and adds them to the prohibited uses list in all zones. No application was pending.

Aerial view of the Warren Township town center intersection, showing shopping centers, parking and surrounding wooded neighbo

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Warren created four new affordable housing districts this year, and that is the biggest land use story in town

Ordinances 26-06 through 26-11 and 26-14 established the AH-9, AH-10, AH-11 and AH-12 districts, created a development fee, and swapped hotel use for age restricted inclusionary housing.

A typographic card summarizing the Warren Township data center ordinance introduced on May 14, 2026.

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Warren moved to ban data centers on a 4 to 1 vote, and the dissent is the part worth reading

Ordinance 26-19 passed first reading 4 to 1 on May 14, with Committeeman McCarey voting no. His objection was not to the ban but to writing performance standards for a use the ordinance prohibits.

A summary card listing the four new Warren Township affordable housing districts with their ordinance numbers, unit caps and

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Warren adopted four new affordable housing districts 4-0, and nobody spoke at the hearings

Ordinances 26-07 through 26-11 create AH-9, AH-10, AH-11 and AH-12 with caps of 176, 69, 115 and 64 units and set asides from 25 to 31 percent. Six ordinances passed on unanimous 4-0 roll calls.

A wooded trail beside a pond with a wooden footbridge in the distance.

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Six affordable housing ordinances in one night, and a $573,580 Green Acres ask for Dealaman

The Township Committee introduced eight ordinances on February 19, six of them affordable housing measures creating the AH-9 through AH-12 districts. All eight are up for public hearing March 12.