Legal Notice: Public Hearing, Ordinance 2026-005, Amending Chapter 560, Data Centers - July 21, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Borough of Bridgeport Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Borough Council will hold a public hearing on and consider the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE 2026-005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF BRIDGEPORT MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AMENDING CHAPTER 560, ZONING, § 560-202 AND § 560-305 TO ADD DEFINITIONS AND USE CATEGORIES RELATED TO DATA CENTERS; AMENDING CHAPTER 560, ZONING, ARTICLE XIII TO AMEND PERMITTED USES AND USE REGULATIONS RELATING TO DATA CENTERS IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; AMENDING CHAPTER 560, ZONING, TO ADD A NEW SECTION ADDING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, USE REGULATIONS, AND CONDITIONAL USE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DATA CENTERS
This Ordinance contains the following sections and is summarized as follows: Section I amends Chapter 560, Sections 560-202 of the Borough Code for the purposes of adding a definition of “Data Center” and “Sensitive Receptor”. Section II amends Chapter 560, Sections 560-305 of the Borough Code to add a new use under Industrial Uses, titled “Data Center Campus (DCC)”, and to add a new use under Accessory Uses, titled “Data Center Accessory Use”. Section III amends Chapter 560, Sections 560-1302 of the Borough Code to add two new uses under Subsection C, Uses permitted by conditional use. Section IV amends Chapter 560 of the Borough Code to add a new section, titled § 560-1913, Special Provisions for Data Center Campus Development, relating to the development standards, use regulations and conditional use requirements for data centers. Section V is entitled “Repealer”. Section VI is entitled “Severability.”
Complete copies of the proposed ordinance are available for public inspection and may be examined at the Office of the Borough Manager, 63 West Fourth Street, Bridgeport, PA 19405 and and may also be viewed at the link below:
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the aforementioned public meeting and require auxiliary accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact Keith S. Truman, Borough Manager, at 610-272-1811.
Keith Truman, Borough Manager