Large-scale data centers in an I-2 Heavy Industrial District require a special industrial use permit before construction or operation.

The City Council may consider the special permit only after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission.

Approval requires demonstrating that the data center will not produce hazardous, noxious, or offensive emissions, odors, noise, or water or air pollution.

The proposed data center must be compatible with adjacent land uses.

The City Council and Planning Commission may require expert advice about the proposed operation and permit conditions, with the applicant responsible for the cost of that advice.

An I-2 data center site must contain at least 85,000 square feet, and the total floor area of all structures may not exceed 40% of the lot area.

An I-2 data center site must have at least 175 feet of lot width at the building line and 150 feet of frontage.

I-2 sites require minimum setbacks of 75 feet in front, 50 feet at the rear, and 30 feet on the side; a side yard adjacent to a residential use must be at least 50 feet.

Where an I-2 site adjoins a Residence District, the applicable front, side, and rear yard requirements must meet the greater required dimensions.

No I-2 structure, including a data center, may exceed 50 feet in height.

Off-street parking is required in an I-2 District; for uses not specifically scheduled, the Planning Commission applies the measurement standard it considers most similar to the proposed use.

Nonresidential parking areas must be illuminated when public street lights are lit and when the served buildings are operating, with lighting designed to avoid direct rays into adjoining residential districts and streets; excessive, hazardous, flickering, or moving illumination is prohibited.

Large-scale data centers have an expressly defined permitting pathway in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District: they may be constructed or operated after obtaining a special industrial use permit. Approval requires a Planning Commission recommendation, City Council consideration, proof that the project will not produce hazardous, noxious, or offensive emissions, odors, noise, or water or air pollution, and compatibility with adjacent land uses. The applicant must pay for any expert advice sought by the City Council or Planning Commission. Large-scale data centers

Special use permit required; 200-foot property-line and 1,000-foot sensitive-use setbacks; no existing or new wells; diesel cannot be primary power; 50 dBA average-hourly noise limits at specified occupied structures; community-benefit fund and property-value protection plan.

Creates an explicit conditional-use pathway in I-1 and I-2; identifies accessory uses including BESS, renewables and backup power; permits later phases to avoid resubmitting specified building-permit materials when initially contemplated and substantially unchanged.