NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 2, 2026, the Board of Supervisors of Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania adopted Ordinance No. 1 of 2026 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PENN FOREST, COUNTY OF CARBON, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 240 (ZONING) OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PENN FOREST, AND AMENDING THE PENN FOREST ZONING MAP." A brief statement of the general content of this Ordinance is as follows: 1. Zoning Map Amendment. The existing Penn Forest Township zoning map is amended to add a new DC Data Center Overlay District. The real property located in the DC Data Center Overlay District is owned by Mele Bros. Realty and identified by tax parcel numbers 53-51-A12, 67-51-A11.01, 67-51-A11.03, and 67-51-A16. 2. Section 240-26 (Definitions) is amended to add the following new definitions: Area of Influence (AOI); Data Center; Data Center Accessory Use; Fully Shielded; Groundwater; Light Trespass; Luminaire; Nadir; Recharge, Aquifer Recharge, or Groundwater Recharge; Sensitive Receptor; Specimen Tree; Water Body; and Watercourse. 3. Article IV, Districts, section 240-27, Designation of districts and purposes, is amended to add the DC Data Center Overlay District. 4. Article IV, Districts, section 240-32, Table of allowed uses in each zoning district, is amended to permit Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses in the DC Data Center Overlay District as conditional uses. 5. Article IV, Districts, section 240-33, Dimensional requirements in each district and site capacity, subsection A, is amended to add a reference to the DC Data Center Overlay District. 6. The "Table of Dimensional Requirements in Each District and Site Capacity" found at Attachment 2 in the Zoning Ordinance, is amended to provide for Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses. 7. A new section 240-40.2 is added which contains regulations regarding the dimensional requirements and site capacity in the DC Data Center Overlay District including, amongst other things, dimensional standards; requirements for buffer yards, provisions for equipment screening and fencing, noise and vibration, water and sewer, power supply, emergency management, architectural and design standards, parking and loading, electronic and other waste, environmental impact assessment, fiscal impact analysis, woodland protection and replacement, lighting, and decommissioning. 8. Article VI, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, is amended to delete section 240-48 entitled "Control of light and glare" in its entirety and replace it with a new section 240-48 entitled "Control of light and glare", which regulates exterior lighting in order to minimize glare, light trespass, and sky glow, and to protect adjoining properties and public rights-of-way, and reduce lighting conflicts between property owners. 9. Article VI, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, is amended to add a new section 240-48.1 entitled "Woodland protection and replacement" which provides woodland protection and replacement standards for trees, woodlands, and shrubs. 10. Article IX, General Regulations, section 240-62, Height exceptions, is amended to delete "water towers" and "heating/ventilation/air-conditioning equipment", and to limit other appurtenances to a maximum of four (4') feet in height. 11. Article IX, General Regulations, is amended to add a new section 240-67 entitled "Performance Standards" which provides performance standards for such things as air quality; fire and explosion hazards; glare and heat; waste disposal; noise; vibration; odor; electrical, radio, and electromagnetic disturbance; radioactivity; electrical, diesel, gas, or other power; water supply; ground and water contamination; and, general health and safety. 12. Article IX, General Regulations, is amended to add a new section 240-68 entitled "Impact assessments and studies" which is intended to provide for the identification of environmental and community impacts and means of mitigation of impacts of development projects in the Township. Where required, impact assessments and studies shall address such things as: potential environmental impacts; fiscal impact assessment; sound and vibration studies; and, water and sewer and water feasibility studies. As to each of the foregoing the amendments contain requirements as to what must be contained in the study. The full text of this Ordinance may be reviewed by members of the public at the Penn Forest Township Municipal Building, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The address of the Penn Forest Township Municipal Building is 2010 State Route 903, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. This publication is intended to provide notification of an ordinance and that any person claiming a right to challenge the validity of the ordinance must bring a legal action within thirty (30) days of the publication of the second notice. DANA VITALE TOWNSHIP SECRETARY PENN FOREST TOWNSHIP 2010 STATE ROUTE 903 JIM THORPE, PA 18229 THOMAS S. NANOVIC, ESQUIRE TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR 57 BROADWAY JIM THORPE, PA 18229 Mar 12,19