Ensure That CBAs Are Legally Binding and Enforceable

Ensure that any commitments made as part of the process are legally binding and publicly disclosed.1 Binding commitments can be referenced as a necessary condition within the conditional use permitting process to give CBAs stronger enforcement potential (see Establish Conditional Use Permitting for Data Centers for more details). Establish continued tracking and enforcement mechanisms in the event that developers do not follow through on commitments to communities, with non-nominal penalties for violations.

  1. NAACP, “Frontline Framework Community Guiding Principles,” September 4, 2025, https://naacp.org/resources/frontline-framework-community-guiding-principles. ↩︎