UPDATE: Pennsauken withdrew a data centers ordinance, and used the ordinance number for one dealing with golf fees and rules

Update, 11/10/2026: The data centers ordinance listed on the Committee agenda was pulled from consideration before the meeting, according to Township Clerk Pamela Scott-Forman. Its number was reassigned to the golf membership ordinance

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PENNSAUKEN (SBN) — The Pennsauken Township Committee may be moving toward regulating large-scale data centers, but it withdrew an ordinance from getting its first reading during its regular Nov. 5 meeting.

The meeting agenda clearly listed an “Ordinance 2026:18” as covering data center regulation, but when the Committee voted on Ordinance 2026:18, the title read referred to Ordinance 2026:19, a golf-fee ordinance for the Pennsauken Country Club that establishes membership, greens fees, outings, cart rentals and lessons for the 2027 season.

The data centers ordinance listed on the Committee agenda was pulled from consideration before the meeting, according to Township Clerk Pamela Scott-Forman. In an email to State Broadcast News, Scott-Forman said, “The original ordinance 2026.18 was pulled and ordinance 2026.19 was changed to be ordinance 2026.18. The correct agenda will be placed to the website and the incorrect one taken down. The change happened right before the meeting, and we were able to change the numbers.”

It would have been the first reading of the data center ordinance. The data center measure supposedly would set land-use rules for such facilities in the township. The ordinance is not currently published on the Pennsauken Township website. SBN has requested a copy of the ordinance from the Township.

Separately, the committee approved a request to extend the deadline for awarding a contract tied to the FY 2025 NJDOT Trust Fund, a state transportation grant program, for improvements to Wayne Avenue. The extension keeps the project eligible to move forward as the township works through the contracting process.

The committee also renewed a liquor license for CHAJP Inc., doing business as Greenwood Inn, for the 2026-2027 year, and approved a person-to-person transfer of that license to Greenwood Tavern, LLC at 4457 Marlton Pike.

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UPDATE: Pennsauken withdrew a data centers ordinance, and used the ordinance number for one dealing with golf fees and rules

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