CITY OF PASCO SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4850 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, imposing a six-month moratorium on the acceptance and processing of Business licenses and/or development permit applications related to NEW DATA CENTERS, CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITIES, BLOCKCHAIN COMPUTING FACILITIES, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING FACILITIES, AND OTHER HIGH-DENSITY COMPUTING FACILITIES; setting forth preliminary findings in support of this moratorium; declaring an emergency and establishing an immediate effective date; providing for a public hearing within 60 days; and providing for severability Ordinance Summary: * This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption. The full text of the ordinance is available free of charge and will be mailed (electronically or via postal service) to any person who requests it from the City Clerk's Office of the City of Pasco (509) 544-3096, P.O. Box 293, Pasco, Washington 99301-0293. IPL0359745 Jul 26 2026