Planning commission sends complex Concord Industrial Park data‑center proposal to work session; raises timing and vesting questions

The Planning Commission voted 8-0-1 on May 27 to forward the Concord Industrial Park application (LEHI 2020-042) to a work session for more detailed review. Commissioners said the project is complex and raised unresolved legal, policy and technical questions about time-limited proffers, traffic-study validity over extended timeframes, compatibility with surrounding land uses and the proposed substation location.

What the application proposes: The applicant (Prologis) seeks to rezone a 17.2-acre site from the 1972 PDGI district to Industrial Park (IP under the modern ordinance), and asked for a special exception to increase the FAR from 0.6 to 0.8 for data-center use only and a special exception for a major utility substation. The applicant provided seven possible development “options” on the concept development plan (CDP): four are variations of data-center layouts (including a substation in the west portion), two are industrial/warehouse/flex layouts, and one is a “bubble” IP option that would allow any IP uses after a time-limited period.

Primary outstanding issues: Staff and…