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Planning commissioners call for 120‑day review and stronger standards before adopting data‑center rules
Summary
Commissioners recommended a 120‑day moratorium and asked staff to return with best‑practice criteria (setbacks, water‑use controls, noise limits, closed‑loop cooling options) before adopting a new data‑center special‑use standard added to the draft zoning ordinance.
Members of the public and several commissioners raised concerns about newly included data‑center provisions in the CA‑25‑02 zoning rewrite, prompting the Planning Commission to recommend a pause and further study before final adoption.
Technical commenters—including a university systems engineer—urged stronger operational standards for data centers, arguing that onsite generators should meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards and that cooling systems should favor closed‑loop designs…
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