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Planning staff outlines draft approach to data-center rules after public meeting; moratorium, draft rules due in January
Summary
Planning staff presented research and a draft approach to regulate data centers—defining types, tiers, and thresholds—and sought public input. Staff will post draft text amendments before the Jan. 8 Planning Commission meeting; the mayor and commission could hear recommendations Jan. 20 with a Feb. 3 vote while a moratorium currently runs through March 6.
Planning staff led an extended Dec. 11 discussion on possible zoning text amendments for data centers, outlining background, operational differences among small and large facilities, infrastructure stressors, and a timeline to draft regulations for the Planning Commission and mayor and commission.
Bruce (planning staff) described how data centers have evolved into a variety of facilities—edge, colocation, hyper‑scale and enterprise—each with different cooling, redundancy and water/energy demands, and said local regulation needs clear definitions and performance-based standards rather than forcing imperfect analogies to offices or warehousing. He stressed the distinction between smaller, low‑draw facilities and larger,…
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