Data centers are expressly classified as High-Demand Industrial and Technological Uses and are not allowed by right in the AG Agricultural District; they require a Conditional Use Permit. Data centers are listed among uses that may not be established by right in the AG District

A data center Conditional Use Permit requires Planning Commission review, a public hearing, and approval by the Governing Body before the use may be established. Conditional Uses are allowed only after public notice, hearing, and approval

The applicant must submit a development plan with the Conditional Use Permit application, and construction cannot begin until the plan is approved; no building permit may be issued for the conditional use until the property is zoned and the development plan is approved. No building permit shall be issued for a Conditional Use Permit until the property has been zoned

The development plan must include extensive site information, including topography, buildings, parking, screening, circulation, access points, utilities, drainage controls, signs, lighting, and finished-floor elevations, plus a statement addressing compatibility with properties within approximately one mile. The development plan shall include and/or display the following information

The Planning Commission and Governing Body may impose project-specific conditions, including limits on lighting and signs, parking and loading requirements, paving, landscaping, fencing, screening, controls for smoke, dust, odors, noise, and vibration, and other conditions deemed necessary. The Governing Body may impose reasonable conditions on the approval of a Conditional Use Permit

For a proposed conditional use that may substantially change traffic patterns or create congestion, the Planning Commission or Governing Body may require a professional traffic study at the applicant’s expense. The applicant, at the applicant’s sole cost, procure the services of a competent professional traffic engineer

The Planning Commission may require the applicant to use industry professionals or consultants during review and may require an upfront deposit to cover those costs. The Planning Commission may require, at the applicant’s expense, assistance from industry professionals and consultants

The applicant must pay the applicable application fee and bear the cost of mailed notices and the certified property-owner list required for a Conditional Use Permit hearing. All applications or requests ... for a Conditional Use Permit shall be made in writing

Conditional Use Permit applications require published notice at least 20 days before the hearing and mailed notice to property owners within 1,000 feet at least 10 days before the hearing. Notice of such hearing shall be published once ... at least 20 days prior

Within 48 hours after filing a Conditional Use Permit application, the applicant must post and maintain an approved public-hearing sign on the property until final disposition or withdrawal of the application. Each applicant for a Conditional Use Permit shall, within 48 hours of filing such application

Construction under an approved Conditional Use must begin within one year of Planning Commission approval of the development plan. One one-year extension may be requested, and no additional extensions will be considered. all Conditional Uses approved with a development plan shall have construction begun within one (1) year

A Conditional Use Permit is forfeited if the approved use ceases to exist for six months, unless the authorization specifies otherwise; restarting the use then requires a new application, public hearing, and permit. if that particular use ceases to exist for a period of six months, it will forfeit its Conditional Use Permit

If a Conditional Use Permit application is denied, the same or a substantially similar application cannot be reconsidered for at least 90 days. such application or one substantially similar shall not be reconsidered sooner than ninety (90) days

Data centers and similar high-demand technological facilities are expressly recognized as conditional uses, allowing them to be proposed in the county’s AG Agricultural District through a Conditional Use Permit rather than being categorically prohibited. The application must receive public notice, a hearing, Planning Commission review, and Governing Body approval. (Data Centers ... are conditional uses)

A completed rezoning or Conditional Use Permit application must be set for a hearing no later than 60 days after receipt, providing a defined permitting schedule. (set down for hearing not later than 60 days)

The Conditional Use Permit process allows the Planning Commission or Governing Body to adjust or modify requirements concerning height, open space, setbacks, parking, loading, and signs when necessary for reasonable development that is not detrimental to the public welfare. (height, open space, setbacks, parking, loading, and signs)

Applicants may request waivers of standards, requirements, or required plan information when they show those items are unnecessary for the specific project. (Waiver of any standards)

A data-center project may be developed in phases, and the applicant may submit a plan for the entire project with the phasing sequence or submit plans for individual phases. Construction must begin within one year after development-plan approval, but one written one-year extension may be requested. (may elect to develop the property in phases)

After an approved development plan is in place, the Zoning Administrator may approve minor adjustments without requiring Planning Commission approval when they remain within the plan’s standards for items such as parking, access, height, and setbacks. (minor adjustments are requested by the applicant)

An approved Conditional Use Permit continues as long as its conditions are met; it is lost only if the use ceases for six months, after which a new application and approval are required. (shall be allowed to continue)

The Code states that the Board of County Commissioners does not intend to add broader zoning regulations or building-permit requirements to the Code. This is an express limitation on the intended scope of future county regulation, although it is stated as legislative intent rather than a permanent prohibition. (no broader zoning regulations be added)

Existing nonconforming buildings and uses in place before adoption of the Code are not affected, altered, or limited by the Code. Any extension remains subject to the Code, so this protection could preserve an existing data center’s continued operation. (all existing nonconforming uses or buildings)