Meeting recap
Reading adopts 180-day pause on data centers
Reading City Council voted July 13 to declare its zoning code invalid on data centers, starting a 180-day pause on applications while it writes rules.
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Reading votes July 13 on a data-center zoning pause
Reading City Council votes July 13 on declaring its zoning code invalid on data centers, invoking a 180-day pause on applications while it writes rules.
Report
Data centers hit Berks County zoning: five towns, five plans
Reading, Spring, Bern, Exeter, and Cumru are all writing data-center rules at once. Who has an ordinance, who wants a moratorium, and what decides July 13.
Meeting recap
Reading pulls all 13 charter questions off the fall ballot
Reading City Council removed 13 proposed Home Rule Charter amendments from November's ballot after the Charter Review Commission missed its reporting deadline.