Data centers are permitted as a principal use only in the Technology Innovation Business District; land or buildings in that district may not be used for purposes outside the listed permitted uses unless otherwise authorized by the chapter. (principal uses permitted)

The district is limited to industrial operations whose external and physical effects remain within the district and do not detrimentally impact surrounding districts. Uses involving bulk processing of raw materials for off-site shipment, and other heavy-industrial uses deemed inappropriate by the Zoning Administrator, are excluded. (external and physical effects)

Data-center operations must comply with applicable state and federal air-quality standards for smoke, dust, and other particulate emissions. (Air Quality)

Storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous materials must comply with local, state, and federal requirements, including spill prevention, secondary containment, restrictions on floor drains, required permits for groundwater discharges, and applicable underground-storage-tank rules. (Hazardous Materials)

A landscaped buffer at least 10 feet wide is required along property lines adjacent to residential districts. (landscaped buffer)

A solid fence or wall at least six feet high is required along property lines abutting residential districts. (solid fence or wall)

Outdoor storage associated with a data center must be screened from public thoroughfares and adjacent residential districts, with the extent of screening determined by the Planning Commission based on the intended use. (outdoor storage shall be screened)

Noise from operations may not exceed standards established by local ordinance and state law. (Noise)

Operations may not emit an odor that is detectable at the property line and considered objectionable by reasonable persons. (Odor)

Operations may not generate vibrations perceptible without instruments at any point along the property line. (Vibration)

Data centers are expressly allowed as a principal use in the Technology Innovation Business District, so they do not require special-land-use approval merely to locate there.

The district permits accessory business offices associated with an on-site principal use, along with accessory buildings, structures, and uses incidental to permitted uses, allowing related administrative and operational facilities to accompany a data center.

Accessory residential units may be approved through the mixed-use special-land-use process when subordinate to a principal enterprise technology use, including a data center. The units must be rented, separately accessed, compatible with the business use, and generally must cease operating if the principal technology user leaves and no replacement arrives within 12 months. Housing density is capped by principal-building size, with a possible bonus of two additional units per 25,000 square feet if 20% of the units qualify as affordable workforce housing under an approved program.

The district's development standards allow technology uses while requiring controls for air quality, hazardous materials, noise, odor, vibration, landscaping, and screening, providing defined operating requirements rather than leaving data-center operations subject to unspecified district standards.

The Orchard View Industrial Park infrastructure plan provides for reconstruction and eastward extension of Apple Tree Drive, along with sanitary-sewer-main extensions, to open remaining industrial-park lots for development and facilitate business expansion. The estimated eligible cost is $1.8 million, financed through tax-increment revenues with the City advancing the infrastructure cost, and the projected capture period is 18 years.

The ordinance permits limited accessory retail sales and mobile-food-vending uses in the Technology Innovation Business District, including temporary accessory mobile-food units and special-land-use mobile-food parks, subject to spacing, parking, sanitation, operating-hour, and other site requirements.

Establishments in the Technology Innovation Business District may have a wall sign and one monument sign per frontage, plus an additional monument sign at qualifying separate or widely spaced entrances, subject to specified size, height, setback, and illumination limits.