Data centers in the Village District are permitted only subject to site plan review. subject to site plan review

In the Commercial, Employment Center, and Industrial Districts, data centers are subject to site plan review; in the Employment Center and Industrial Districts, no building permit may be issued until the required site plan is approved by the Planning Commission or, where applicable, the Planning Director. No building permit shall be issued until said site plan is approved

In the Commercial, Employment Center, and Industrial Districts, a data center may use an alternate design only after an affirmative recommendation from the Planning Director and approval by the Planning Commission. The application must include a written explanation of the proposed deviations and their reasons, and the alternate design may not vary from the applicable floodplain standards. applicants may present for approval

Data centers must provide parking at a rate of one space per employee at maximum occupancy. 1 PER EMPLOYEE AT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY

In the AZD District, data centers require a special exception and are limited to large-scale projects on sites of at least 200 acres. PROJECTS ARE LIMITED TO LARGE SCALE DATA PROCESSING CENTERS ON A MINIMUM OF 200 ACRES

An AZD special-exception application for a data center must include a site plan and the data and information required to evaluate the proposed use and its effects on the Comprehensive Plan, neighborhoods, and surrounding properties. The application for a special exception shall include a site plan

AZD data-center applicants must address their approach to Uptime Institute Tier ratings and past project successes, and must identify all potential building-footprint expansion areas for proposed projects. Applicants must address their approach for Uptime Institute's Tier ratings

AZD data-center proposals must show sufficient landscape buffering and identify all security structures on an interface plan. SUFFICIENT LANDSCAPE BUFFERING AND ALL SECURITY STRUCTURES MUST BE INDICATED

An AZD data center may not create an unacceptable impact through noise, odor, noxious materials, or other nuisances. must not create an unacceptable impact by way of noise, odor, noxious materials

An AZD data center must have access to a public road adequate for the generated traffic and may not generate traffic inappropriate for the access roads or surrounding area. The site must have access to a public road adequate to handle traffic generated

AZD data-center applicants must obtain approval from the appropriate State of Maryland agencies. received approval from the appropriate State of Maryland agencies

Adds data processing centers as a permitted principal use in the Village District, subject to site plan review.

Adds data processing centers as a permitted principal use in the Commercial District, subject to the alternate design provisions in Section 11.8.

Adds data processing centers as a permitted principal use in the Employment Center District, subject to the alternate design provisions in Section 14.9.

Adds data processing centers as a permitted principal use in the Industrial District, subject to the alternate design provisions in Section 15.9.

Allows applicants for data processing centers in the Commercial, Employment Center, and Industrial Districts to propose an alternative design that varies from specified design standards, if the Planning Director recommends it and the Planning Commission approves it. The application must explain the proposed differences and reasons; floodplain standards cannot be varied.

Creates a special-exception pathway for data processing centers in the AZD district, limited to large-scale projects on at least 200 acres and subject to requirements concerning Uptime Institute Tier ratings, anticipated building-footprint expansion, landscape buffering, security structures, nuisance impacts, roadway capacity, and approval from appropriate Maryland agencies.

Establishes a parking requirement for data processing centers of one parking space per employee at maximum occupancy.