Westminster staff propose code changes to reinforce data center prohibition
Planning staff told the City Council that Resolution No. 20 affirmed data centers are a prohibited use and recommended updating the municipal code and Unified Development Code to include definitions, a prohibited-uses subsection, related-use distinctions and a utility-service restriction to limit data-center development inside and near city borders.
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Westminster planning manager John McConnell briefed the City Council on Oct. 19 about options to prevent large data-center development near the city, noting the council previously adopted Resolution No. 20 on July 27 which "publicly affirmed that data centers are [a] prohibited use in the city of Westminster." McConnell said staff can pursue four regulatory approaches in the Unified Development Code (UDC) and Westminster Municipal Code to make the prohibition clearer and harder to circumvent.
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