SAINT MARYS, Pa. (WTAJ) — Bitcoin mining and solar energy facilities are becoming more and more common in America.
Some of these facilities can cause problems and raise prices. In St. Marys, they are making new zoning ordinances to prevent issues.
“We’re not taking a reactive to where issues are occurring and then we have to backtrack and see what we can do,” Joe Fleming the Saint Marys City Manager said.
The Saint Marys City Council proposed the new zoning ordinance. Some of the most common issues with the facilities are noise, pollution, and cost.
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“We see where it’s a trend and in order to get the proactive approach that these discussions did come up because of what other issues other municipalities are having with them,” Fleming added. “Making sure that the noise ordinance…