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Draft ID‑6 would ban data centers, add 'advanced manufacturing' definition and limit standalone warehousing
Summary
The proposed ID‑6 code narrows some permitted uses (removes data centers), introduces an advanced manufacturing use with indoor‑only operation and performance limits, and restricts warehousing/wholesale operations that are not accessory to the principal use.
Consultant Keegan Stitt White presented the proposed permitted uses and use‑specific standards for the ID‑6 Research Transition District, saying the draft narrows certain uses and adds new definitions intended to limit off‑site impacts.
Keegan said the proposal removes data centers from the WID and proposes six principal uses for ID‑6. He said the new advanced manufacturing definition is industrial in nature but constrained by use‑specific standards: operations must occur entirely inside a building, no outdoor operations or on‑site storage are permitted, and there will be performance standards limiting odor, smoke, vibration and electromagnetic interference. "This use must operate entirely within a building," Keegan said; the definition also lists accessory activities that must be incidental and subordinate to the principal use.
The draft also allows warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution as accessory uses only if they support the principal use; standalone logistics or bulk storage facilities are to be prohibited in ID‑6. Consultants told the commission that similar‑use determinations will be available for uses not explicitly listed but that such determinations must be consistent with the district intent.
