THE TOWNSHIP OF SMITHFIELD MONROE COUNTY, PA   NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING UPDATED STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR DATA CENTERS, DISASTER RECOVERY FACILITIES, AND DATA CENTER ACCESSORY USES.   Notice is hereby given that the Township of Smithfield, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, will hold a regular business meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Township Municipal Center, 1155 Red Fox Road, East Stroudsburg, PA. At that meeting and as a meeting agenda item, there will be a public hearing to consider and vote on whether or not to adopt proposed Township Ordinance No. 260 that would amend the Township Zoning Ordinance as follows: The Township Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27-Zoning, Section 1002 – Other Words, adds the following definitions: artist’s rendering, buffer yard, data center accessory use, electrical substation, façade, fenestration, main entrance feature, octave band, and sensitive receptor; Chapter 27-Zoning, Section 1002 – Other Words, repeals and replaces the following definitions: data center and disaster recovery facility; Chapter 27, Section 309 – Schedule of District Regulations is amended to include types of uses permitted for data centers, data recovery facilities, and data center accessory use; Chapter 27-Zoning, Section 511(22) is repealed and replaced in its entirety to establish regulations regarding submission checklists, dimensional standards, aesthetics, screening and fencing, landscape buffers, utilities, sound/noise, floodplains, airports, railroads, equipment testing times, lighting and heat, emissions and ground vibrations, decommissioning, outdoor storage, and demand-based parking.   Any and all interested persons or parties are invited to attend the meeting and public hearing and offer public comment prior to the Board taking official action. This meeting will also be live-streamed where for computers: https://zoom.us/join and where the Meeting ID Number is “989 0513 4303” and the Meeting Passcode is “7333”; and, if joining by phone, the call-in number is 1-929-205-6099 and where the Meeting ID Number and the Passcode are the same. Immediately following this public hearing and on the same day, time and place, the Township Supervisors will then continue with the public meeting to inter alia consider, vote and/or take official action on the zoning change or on any of the matters discussed at the public hearing; otherwise, another public hearing will be scheduled upon due and proper notice prior to taking such official action. A full copy of the complete text of the proposed ordinance has been delivered to the County Law Library and this newspaper for examination by the public and a full copy of the complete text of the proposed ordinance may also be examined without charge at the Township Municipal Center (at the address noted above) Monday through Friday during its business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) by requesting a copy of same from the Township Secretary; or, a copy of the ordinance may be obtained at cost upon payment to the Township of its copy charge for same.   Smithfield Township Board of Supervisors