Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning offers greater design flexibility, including the ability to create an Extraordinary PUD for developments whose uses require unusual design flexibility. A data center would still need the required PUD rezoning, preliminary and final plan approvals, and compliance with applicable conditions. PUD regulations provide greater design flexibility.

The PUD framework expressly supports shared services and facilities, which can help coordinate infrastructure for a large facility such as a data center. The project must still satisfy the PUD review, utility, drainage, traffic, and development-plan requirements. economy of shared services and facilities.

For an otherwise conforming project requiring an Improvement Location Permit, the Zoning Administrator is directed to endeavor to review and decide the application within three business days. The review may take longer when additional review is needed, and the permit generally lasts 12 months with a possible six-month renewal. review ... within three (3) business days.

A data center that is lawfully established could continue as a nonconforming use if later zoning amendments no longer permitted it. However, enlargement, extension, or structural alteration generally requires changing to a permitted use or obtaining Board of Zoning Appeals approval, and abandonment for 12 consecutive months ends the nonconforming status.