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Waterville begins updating zoning rules to address data centers in industrial districts
Summary
Council gave first reading to an ordinance that would add specific requirements for data centers and allow them in M‑1 industrial districts without a conditional‑use permit if noise‑generating equipment is enclosed and other standards are met.
Waterville — City council held the first reading July 28 of a proposed ordinance that would update the planning and zoning code to regulate data centers, proposing specific standards for setbacks, noise control and landscaping when those facilities locate in industrial districts.
City staff said the proposed amendments to Chapters 1141 and 1145 of the Waterville Codified Ordinances would treat data centers as a…
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