Data centers require a site plan review and a special use permit before installation; each project must submit a separate application. A site plan shall be submitted

Data centers are permitted only as a Special Exception Use in the C-1, C-2, M-1, and M-2 zoning districts. Data centers shall only be allowed

Applicants must provide extensive application materials, including applicant and owner information, a development timeline, aerial site plans with property lines and setbacks, proof of property control, fees, a third-party noise report, an ice-mitigation report, emergency procedures, and a decommissioning plan. The application for a data center installation shall include

Applicants must complete an environmental and community impact analysis before the special-exception hearing, addressing site resources, material disposal, emergency services, environmental effects, water, sewage, solid waste, schools, and municipal revenues and expenses. Prior to the commencement of the Special Except Use hearing

The permitting process requires newspaper notice between 5 and 20 days before the hearing and certified-mail notice to all property owners within one mile at least 60 days before the hearing. Proper notice shall consist of publication

Data centers must connect to public water and public sewer. Connection to public water and public sewer is required

Data centers must provide buffer yards and screening along property boundaries, subject to substantial minimum widths: 100, 150, or 300 feet along streets and near specified sensitive uses depending on building size, plus 50-foot buffers along other property lines. A minimum 100-foot buffer yard shall be provided

Required buffer yards must include specified berms and landscaping, including evergreen, canopy, ornamental trees, and shrubs, with plantings designed to create a complete screen at least 12 feet high within three years. The buffer yard shall include a dense landscape buffer

Ground-mounted equipment serving the principal building must generally be screened by an opaque wall or fence and may not be placed in a required setback. Ground-mounted equipment is prohibited in any required setback

Data centers must comply with underlying zoning-district lot-size, setback, bulk, and height standards; greater setbacks may be recommended. Structures must adhere to the minimum accessory structure setback standards

Lighting is restricted through shielding and aiming requirements, limits of 0.1 footcandle at residential uses and 0.5 footcandle at nonresidential uses, a 3,000K maximum LED color temperature, a 20-foot mounting-height limit, and limits on after-hours lighting. The illumination projected onto a residential use shall at no time exceed 0.1 footcandle

Operational noise is limited to 55 dB continuously during daytime and 47 dB continuously at night, with a 60 dB limit for more than five minutes per hour at specified existing sensitive properties; pure tones reduce the applicable standards by 5 dB. Audible noise caused by data centers

A noise waiver may be granted only by the Board of Adjustment and requires written waivers from affected property owners; applying the waiver to future owners additionally requires a recorded permanent noise-impact easement. Written waiver from the affected property owners

All structures must have permanent concrete foundations, and cargo containers, railroad cars, semitrailers, and similar storage containers may not be used for any part of the operation. All structures shall have permanent concrete foundations

Structures containing data centers must maintain clean-agent fire protection systems and high-sensitivity smoke detectors. A clean agent fire protection system must be provided

Data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities must use liquid cooling and a closed-loop cooling system, estimate annual water consumption, provide a hydrologist's water-use impact statement, document adequate water resources, and obtain required county and state permits. A closed loop cooling system will be required

All servers, computers, processors, materials, and equipment must be enclosed within buildings. All servers, computers, processers, materials, and equipment must be enclosed within buildings

Before permits are issued, the applicant must obtain written power-provider verification that maximum electricity consumption has been calculated and that utility infrastructure can safely serve the facility during peak demand. The applicant shall provide written verification from the power provider

The applicant must demonstrate that the local fire department can reasonably service the site, maintain a 10-foot combustible-free area around data-center structures, obtain approval of emergency procedures, provide those procedures to responders, and provide annual fire and emergency-management training for the project's life. The applicant shall show a determination from the local fire department

Facilities must monitor heat dissipation when the average daily temperature is 40 degrees Fahrenheit or lower and enter an agreement to mitigate condensation or ice affecting neighboring properties or public rights-of-way. The amount of heat that is dissipated

Each operation must display 24-hour emergency contact signage at its access entrance, including company, owner or representative, and utility contact information. Each data center operation shall provide 24-hour emergency contact signage

The application must include a decommissioning plan covering facility life, removal of equipment, site restoration, current costs, and funding; after one year without mining or substantial project action, the permit holder has one additional year to complete decommissioning. Following a continuous one-year period

Data centers are expressly permitted as a Special Exception Use in the C-1, C-2, M-1, and M-2 zoning districts, subject to the ordinance requirements and approval process. Data centers shall only be allowed as a Special Exception Use permit

The ordinance expressly allows supporting infrastructure as Data Center Accessory Uses, including temporary backup generators, electrical substations, utility lines, cooling-water and wastewater facilities, water-holding facilities, pump stations, water towers, cooling equipment, fire-suppression equipment, and security features, when located on the same tract or a unified assemblage of adjacent parcels.

A Data Center Substation may serve data-center users on the same or adjacent site, including a site immediately across a road right-of-way, allowing dedicated electrical transformation, transmission, switching, and distribution infrastructure.

Noise limits may be exceeded if the Board of Adjustment grants a waiver after affected property owners provide written consent; the waiver may extend to future owners if a permanent noise-impact easement is recorded.

If existing ambient noise exceeds the ordinance's ordinary data-center noise standard, the applicable standard is adjusted to equal the measured ambient noise level, subject to the ordinance's measurement rules.

Existing vegetation may be used for landscaping and screening instead of new berms and plantings if approved by the Zoning Administrator, potentially reducing site-development work.

Required buffer yards may be located within required building setback lines, allowing the same land area to satisfy both buffering and setback requirements.

Utilities should be located outside required buffer yards only to the maximum extent feasible, and utility crossings may be consolidated when feasible, allowing utilities to cross buffer areas when avoidance is not feasible.