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Commission amends zoning code to define data centers, adds conditional-use review and supplemental standards
Summary
The commission voted 7–0 to amend Chapter 11 to define data centers and accessory data centers, making them conditional uses in appropriate manufacturing districts and adding supplemental standards on setbacks, screening, noise study authority and utility considerations.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to amend Chapter 11 of the zoning ordinance to define "data center" and "accessory data center" and to treat data centers as a conditional use in the city’s heavier manufacturing districts.
Kyle Kearns, director of community development, said the draft takes a middle approach: placing primary data centers in M-2 heavy manufacturing as conditional uses so the commission can impose conditions through the conditional-use permit process.…
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