Primary-use data centers may not operate unless explicitly approved as part of a Planned Area Development zoning district. An ancillary data center is exempt only if it occupies no more than 10% of the building footprint, serves only the on-site owner's enterprise functions, does not lease services to third parties, and is not in a separate stand-alone structure. Data Centers are not permitted to operate...

Before construction, the operator or property owner must mail notice to residents and homeowners’ associations within a half-mile radius of the parcel.

Before construction, the operator must schedule and attend two neighborhood meetings, provide half-mile-radius mailed notice, and have a representative with decision-making authority attend. A project sign must also be posted at least 15 days before each meeting, placed in a high-visibility location, approved by the Zoning Administrator, and removed after the citizen-review process. schedule and attend two neighborhood meetings

After a certificate of occupancy and commencement of operations, the operator must provide an on-site neighborhood liaison from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. MST each day if requested by City staff, to respond to noise complaints.

Before the first neighborhood meeting, the property owner must pay for and complete a baseline sound study by a third-party acoustic engineer, including measurements at the property line of the nearest residential or other noise-sensitive property, and submit the results to the City before that meeting.

The data center must incorporate sound mitigation sufficient to keep its emanating sound from exceeding the ambient levels documented in the baseline study. The mitigation design specifications must be submitted before building-permit approval.

At certificate of occupancy or completion, the operator must conduct a third-party noise study during peak mechanical-equipment operation and then repeat the study annually during peak operation for five years. Results must be provided to the City within 30 days of each anniversary of the certificate date.

If backup generators are used, routine operation and testing is generally limited to 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, unless the generators are supplying backup power during an outage.

For backup-generator operation or testing, the operator must maintain a public website, announce routine operation at least 24 hours in advance, notify the City’s Communications and Public Affairs Department at least 24 hours before a test, and provide the website address to City staff upon request.

Data centers are expressly recognized as a defined land use, covering facilities that house networked computer systems and telecommunications equipment for data storage, processing, and distribution. Data Center: A facility or portion of a facility

A data center may operate as a primary use if it is explicitly approved as part of a Planned Area Development zoning district, creating a specific zoning pathway for development. unless explicitly approved as part of a Planned Area Development zoning district

An ancillary data center is permitted without separate primary-use approval if it occupies no more than 10% of the building footprint, serves the on-site property owner’s enterprise functions rather than third parties, and is not located in a separate stand-alone structure. occupy no more than ten percent of the building footprint

Backup power generators are allowed to operate for routine purposes, including testing, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, and may operate outside those limits when supplying backup power during an outage. Advance public and City notice is required for routine operation and testing. backup generators may operate between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm