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Council adds data-center use to code, requires special-use permits in CI and I districts

3093013 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

Cleburne Council approved an ordinance to define "data center" in the zoning code, excluding cryptocurrency mining, and required a special-use permit (SUP) for data centers in the Commercial Industrial (CI) and Industrial (I) districts.

The City Council approved an ordinance on May 13 to add a formal definition of "data center" to the zoning code and to place the use in industrial and commercial-industrial districts with additional conditions, including a council-reviewed special-use permit where the use would be in the CI and I districts.

Planning staff told the council the proposed definition covers enterprise-level, fully enclosed facilities for digital…

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