Commission backs ordinance change to classify and regulate data centers
City staff proposed and the commission recommended a zoning text amendment to define data centers as a restricted industrial use and to require conditional use permits for future data center developments; the commission approved the staff‑initiated amendment and will forward it to City Council.
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Planning staff brought a city‑initiated zoning text amendment to the commission to define data centers, classify them as a restricted industrial use, and require a conditional use permit for any future data center developments in the H (industrial) district. Staff said the change is preemptive—no applicant has applied for a data center in Benbrook—but would allow case‑by‑case review of impacts and appropriate conditions if one does.
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