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Pima County board asks staff to draft zoning changes for large data centers
Summary
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to begin a zoning code text amendment that would require conditional review and public hearings for large data centers and other high water- and electricity-using projects on CI-2 parcels.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to initiate a zoning code text amendment aimed at subjecting data centers and other large utility users on CI-2 industrial parcels to conditional use review and public hearings.
The board’s action, introduced by Supervisor Adelita S. Allen, directs county development services staff to prepare and pursue a code text amendment that would shift certain CI-2 uses from “by right” to a conditional-use-permit process that includes planning-and-zoning review and opportunities for public input.
The change responds to recent proposals for hyperscale data centers in the region and to lessons learned during Project…
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