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Petitioner tells Campbell supervisors to consider legislative intent, warns against data‑center scale
Summary
The petitioner argued the 2000 proffer’s legislative intent was to protect the Cabinfield community and said three large buildings (he referenced data‑center scale) depart from that intent; staff and several supervisors countered that the board’s legal inquiry is limited to whether the conceptual plans meet the proffer’s text and the 'general compliance' standard.
The petitioner who filed the appeal told the board he believes the original proffer’s legislative intent was to protect the Cabinfield community from a very large industrial development and that interpreting the proffer to allow three large data‑center‑scale buildings would defeat that intent.
"The legislative intent behind this proffer, meaning that what was actually set out to be done, ... was to keep our community safe," the petitioner said. He acknowledged the board’s legal constraints but urged supervisors to weigh intent and local impacts when deciding whether to overturn the zoning administrator’s determination. He also said the local code and legislative context have changed since 2000 and that data‑center uses were not contemplated at the time the proffer was written.
Staff and several supervisors pushed back in the hearing, saying the legal question before the board is whether the zoning administrator correctly applied the proffer’s text and the defined standard of general compliance. Board members asked the petitioner to tie his broader concerns back to the specific listed appeal points (notice, fire‑access commentary, and technical illustrations).
