Data centers are conditional uses in the I-L and I-H districts and are not allowed in districts where the use matrix is blank. Conditional-use approval is not automatic: the Planning Commission may approve, conditionally approve, or deny an application after review. The process includes published, mailed, and posted notice at least 15 days in advance, with mailed notice to owners within 200 feet; approval findings address public safety, compatibility, site design, traffic, safeguards, and utilities. The use matrix marks data centers conditional and conditional uses must be evaluated individually.

Data centers must comply with the city’s noise regulations in Title 5, Chapter 4. The general performance standards also require all uses to comply with city noise rules and prohibit off-lot detectable vibration and off-lot detectable glare or heat; they also regulate dust, pollution, hazardous-waste handling, odors, and fire or explosion hazards. Data centers are subject to noise regulations and performance standards apply to all uses.

Because a data center is a nonresidential use, a lighting plan is required. Outdoor lighting must meet the code’s controls, including full-cutoff luminaires and a maximum of one foot-candle at any lot line. A lighting plan is required for all nonresidential uses.

A building permit is required before a structure is erected, altered, moved, or extended. A new structure may not be occupied without a certificate of occupancy, and a change of use in an existing structure also requires one. No structure may be erected, altered, moved, or extended until a building permit has been issued and a change of use in an existing structure requires a certificate of occupancy.

Data centers are listed as conditional uses in the I-L Light Industrial and I-H Heavy Industrial districts, providing a route to approval there; they are not permitted by right, and the use matrix lists them as unavailable in districts with blank entries. Data centers are conditional uses

A data center’s conditional-use application is considered by the Planning Commission, which may approve it, approve it with conditions, or deny it. Approval requires findings on matters including public safety, compatibility, district rules, access and parking, safeguards, and utility availability. The Planning Commission must either approve

Data centers are subject to the City’s noise regulations in Title 5, Chapter 4; this is an operating requirement, not an exemption. Subject to the noise regulations

An existing lawful use that became conditional under the new code is deemed approved, and previously approved conditional uses remain in effect. These transition rules can protect an existing data center’s lawful operation, but do not remove applicable use standards or approval conditions. Previously lawful permitted uses now conditional

A planned development may be approved in any district, and the City may grant exceptions to district use regulations. This can provide an alternative path for a data-center proposal, but exceptions require enhanced design and amenities, must satisfy approval standards, and require Board of Directors approval. A planned development is authorized in all districts