Data centers are not generally permitted unless the zoning district specifically authorizes them. The Business Park District expressly lists data centers as permitted uses, while the ordinance states that uses not specifically named in a district are not permitted. In the A-1 Agricultural District, data centers require conditional-use approval. (uses not specifically named are not permitted)

A data center proposed in the A-1 District requires a conditional-use permit and must be located on at least 200 acres. The applicant must explain why the A-1 location is preferable to rezoning to I-1, I-2, or the Business Park District. (Data Centers, on a minimum of 200 acres)

A data center must meet a minimum lot size of 50 acres, at least 110 feet of street frontage, and at least 110 feet of lot width at the building line. (Minimum lot acreage: Fifty (50) acres)

Data center buildings are limited to 75 feet in height and must have front, side, and rear setbacks of at least 50 feet, in addition to applicable zoning-district buffers. (Buildings shall not exceed a height of seventy-five (75) feet)

Data centers must screen air-conditioning units and HVAC systems from public rights-of-way and adjacent properties. This requirement does not apply when the equipment is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines. (Air conditioning units and HVAC systems)

The front facade of each principal data center building must face a street or adjacent arterial street, unless the building is more than 500 feet from the right-of-way or is not visible from the right-of-way. (Front building facade)

Security fencing and walls cannot be placed within the required buffer unless they comply with the ordinance's fencing rules. Fencing and walls outside the required setback and buffer are not subject to height limitations. (Security fencing and walls)

Data center exterior lighting must be shielded and downcast; use full-cutoff fixtures, poles no taller than 25 feet, a 10-foot setback from exterior property lines, and a maximum of 0.5 foot-candles at the property line. The Zoning Administrator may require a photometric lighting plan before issuing a building permit. (Exterior illumination shall be shielded, downcast)

Data center operations may not produce continuous sound averaging more than 65 decibels from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or 55 decibels from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., measured at an adjacent property boundary shared with residential property. (65 decibels over any 30-minute period)

After a certificate of occupancy is issued for each data center building, the County may obtain sound studies or require the operator to provide one. The operator must pay for required testing, and a violation can result in a fine of up to $1,000 per day until compliance is achieved. (the County may obtain sound studies)

An A-1 data center conditional-use application must include a utility inventory showing power-line easements, and the Planning Commission may recommend additional setbacks, buffers, noise limits, or lighting restrictions. (utility inventory showing the power line easements)

Data centers are expressly permitted uses in the Business Park District, so a data center may be developed there without needing a conditional-use permit solely because it is a data center. The district allows data centers among its listed permitted uses: “Business offices … Data Center … Distribution facilities”.

Data centers may be approved as a conditional use in the A-1 Agricultural District on sites of at least 200 acres, providing an alternative to rezoning to I-1, I-2, or BPD. The applicant must explain why the A-1 location is more suitable and address utility infrastructure, including power-line easements: “Data Centers, on a minimum of 200 acres”.

The ordinance establishes specific development standards for data centers, creating a defined approval framework rather than leaving the use unclassified. The standards include a maximum 75-foot building height, 50-foot setbacks, 110-foot frontage and building-line width, and a 50-acre minimum lot size: “The following development standards shall apply”.

Data center sites may use public or private internal development roads, subject to county engineering standards, and secured entrances may include guard houses and secured-entry features: “Internal development roads may be public or private”.

Accessory equipment and structures customarily incidental to a data center are allowed, including applicable accessory equipment associated with battery systems and other primary operations: “Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to the primary permitted use”.

The data-center rules provide an HVAC-screening exception when equipment is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines, reducing screening obligations for suitably separated equipment: “This requirement shall not apply where the equipment is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines”.

Data centers receive measurable operating noise limits and a defined compliance process. The County may conduct or require sound studies after a certificate of occupancy, allowing operators to demonstrate compliance under specified daytime and nighttime decibel standards: “After issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for each data center building”.

Data centers are permitted only in the I-1 and I-2 industrial districts, subject to the applicable zoning requirements.

A data center site must contain at least 50 acres.

Data-center buildings may not exceed 75 feet in height, measured from the structure pad level, subject to exceptions for certain accessory industrial structures.

Data centers must maintain 50-foot front, side, and rear setbacks, in addition to any applicable zoning-district buffers.

A data-center lot must have at least 110 feet of frontage on a street and at least 110 feet of width at the building line.

HVAC systems and air-conditioning units must be screened from public rights-of-way and adjacent properties, unless the equipment is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines.

The front facade of each principal data-center building must face a street or adjacent arterial street, unless the building is more than 500 feet from or not visible from the public right-of-way.

Security fencing and walls may not be placed within required buffers unless they comply with the ordinance’s general fencing rules; fencing outside the required setback and buffer is not subject to height limits.

Data-center exterior lighting must be shielded and downcast, preserve existing night-sky darkness, and prevent light trespass. Fixtures must be full cut-off, light poles may not exceed 25 feet, poles must be at least 10 feet from exterior property lines, and illumination at the property line may not exceed 0.5 foot-candles.

The zoning administrator may require a photometric lighting plan demonstrating compliance with the data-center lighting standards as part of a building-permit application.

Data-center operations may not produce continuous sound exceeding an average of 65 decibels over any 30-minute period from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., or 55 decibels from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., measured at an adjacent property boundary between the site and residential property.

After a certificate of occupancy is issued for each data-center building, the County may obtain sound studies or require the operator to provide one to verify compliance with the noise limits.

If a data center violates the noise limits, the zoning administrator may require the operator to propose and implement a corrective solution within an approved period; failure to implement it may result in a fine of up to $1,000 for each day the violation continues.

The data-center operator must pay the costs of any sound test or study required to monitor compliance.

Data centers are expressly allowed as a permitted use in the I-1 and I-2 industrial districts, rather than requiring a conditional-use approval. add Data Centers as a permitted use in I-1 and I-2 Districts

Data centers are listed as permitted uses in the Business Park District, allowing them to locate there without a conditional-use permit, subject to the district’s development standards. Data Center

Within the PGDD overlay, data centers may benefit from the by-right permissions of the applicable industrial or business-park use areas when the approved concept plan designates the location for that use; later development proceeds through an administrative master-plan and development-permit process. uses permitted in the A-1, RE-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, O/I, C-N, C-1, I-1, M-1, BPD, and PUD districts by right

The data-center definition expressly allows land and structures to be used for uses customarily incidental to the primary data-center use, supporting related equipment and operations. uses customarily incidental to the primary permitted use

Data-center buildings may be up to 75 feet high, with 50-foot front, side, and rear setbacks; the rules also establish a 50-acre minimum lot size and 110-foot frontage and building-line standards, creating specific, predictable development parameters. Buildings shall not exceed a height of seventy-five (75) feet

Data-center internal development roads may be public or private, subject to county engineering standards, giving developers flexibility in how site circulation is provided. Internal development roads may be public or private

HVAC and air-conditioning equipment does not have to be screened when it is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines, reducing screening obligations for suitably sited equipment. This requirement shall not apply where the equipment is more than 100 feet from adjacent property lines

Security fencing and walls outside the required setback and buffer are not subject to height limitations, allowing data-center operators to install taller security barriers where needed. Fences and walls outside the required setback and buffer provided above shall not be subject to height limitations

A lawful data-center use that later becomes nonconforming because of a zoning amendment may continue, although expansion or enlargement generally requires conditional-use approval and discontinuance for one year ends the nonconforming status. Any pre-existing lawful non-conforming use