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Irving council advances framework to review data centers, media-production zone discussed
Summary
The Irving City Council discussed applying conditional use permits and revised development standards to data centers, reviewed the Texas Media Production Development Zone Act, and considered pending sites that could become warehouses or data centers.
Irving — City staff and councilmembers spent the work session reviewing a proposed process that would require new data centers to seek a conditional use permit (CUP) and to follow updated development standards intended to limit noise, visual impacts and infrastructure strain.
City economic development and planning staff presented the background and a draft ordinance that would make data centers subject to periodic CUP review and allow council to attach site-specific conditions, rather than letting them be built by right in many industrial districts. Bridal Hillwood, economic development manager, told the council the goal is to allow case-by-case review "so you can determine on a case-by-case basis whether that location is appropriate."
The discussion followed a staff overview of the Texas Media Production Development Zone Act, a separate state program that allows sales-tax exemptions for qualified film and production facilities. Staff said the city has received a nomination for a production-zone location and will submit that nomination to the Texas Film Commission for final approval.
Why it matters: Council members stressed that data centers are not…
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