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City staff proposes data-center ordinance rewrite to require conditional-use permits; commissioners urge more notice time under new state law
Summary
At the Jan. 6 Planning and Zoning work session, staff proposed changing the city's data-center rules so data centers would require a conditional-use permit in the districts where they are currently allowed by right.
At the Jan. 6 work session, staff presented proposed Unified Development Code amendments to move data centers from by-right approvals in certain districts to a model in which data centers would be permitted only through a conditional-use permit process in those same districts and in any SP‑1/SP‑2 site plans that specifically allow data-center uses.
Staff said the city originally adopted data-center standards in June 2024 and that recent council direction asked staff to explore a CUP option. Under the proposed approach, data centers in commercial warehouse, light industrial and commercial park districts (and in SP‑1/SP‑2 sites specifically zoned for data centers) would require a CUP. A CUP would trigger Planning & Zoning and City Council public hearings, allow conditions…
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