Roswell adds buffer standards and limits for data centers in employment districts
The council adopted amendments to multiple UDC articles adding 100- and 200-foot buffers, enhanced attenuation standards and arborist authority to help protect neighborhoods from data center impacts; the vote was unanimous.
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On second reading the council approved amendments (item 10488) to parts of the Unified Development Code addressing corridor and node districts, downtown historic districts, employment districts and use provisions to tighten rules applicable to data centers and similar employment uses. Michelle Alexander summarized that the amendments incorporate planning-commission edits and include buffer standards (100 and 200 feet), requirements for attenuation as well as authorization for the city arborist to work with applicants on topographic adjustments.
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