The town of Marana has determined that the petitions filed to put a proposed data center to a vote does not meet the requirements set forth in Arizona law.
Officials said that the filed petitions did not include the legal description of the involved properties required for zoning ordinances, in a press release published Wednesday.
The two petitions were submitted on Feb. 4 by Arizonans for Responsible Development — a group sponsored by the advocacy group Worker Power and contained about 2,800 signatures each, surpassing the requirement.
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