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The Data Center Divide

City of Yukon

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Yukon allows data centers in its light industrial district only with a special-use permit, so development is possible but not automatically approved.

current law · City of Yukon
Amends Yukon’s Unified Development Code to regulate industrial-district uses by making prisons and correctional facilities special uses only in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District and data centers special uses in the I-1 Light Industrial District.City of Yukon Ordinance No. 1472 (2025)

What this means

The ordinance creates a path for data centers in Yukon’s light industrial district, but only with a special use permit, so approval is not automatic (“Data Center – SP (Special Use Permit)”). This is a modest benefit for development, balanced by the added permit requirement.

People behind it

  • Moved to approve Ordinance No. 1494: “A motion to approve Ordinance No. 1494”.

  • Seconded the motion to approve Ordinance No. 1494: “seconded by Shriver”.

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  • A data center in the I-1 Light Industrial District requires a Special Use Permit rather than being allowed by right (“Data Center – SP (Special Use Permit)”).

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  • Data centers are allowed as a special use in the I-1 (Light Industrial) district, subject to obtaining a Special Use Permit.

Sources

current law · City of Yukon
Adds Section 215-310 on data centers to Yukon’s Unified Development Code through an ordinance adopted on August 13, 2025, with the stated purpose of ensuring their orderly development; it also repeals conflicting provisions, includes severability language, and declares an emergency.City of Yukon Ordinance No. 1479 (2025)

People behind it

  • Worked with City Attorney Roger Rinehart to develop the language for the proposed data-center ordinance.

  • Worked with Danielle O’Neal to develop the language for the proposed data-center ordinance.

  • One of the people behind the initiative petition seeking a public vote on future data-center projects; he filed the petition paperwork.

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  • Ordinance No. 1472 makes data centers a special use in the I-1 Light Industrial district, requiring a Special Use Permit rather than allowing them by right.

  • A filed initiative petition proposes requiring public votes on future data center projects. The source describes this as a proposed charter change, not an enacted requirement.

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  • Ordinance 1472 defines data centers as a special use in the I-1 Light Industrial district, making them eligible for consideration there subject to special-use approval—not permitted automatically. “Data Center” as a Special Use (SP) in the I-1

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