A data center must comply with the regulations for its zoning district; uses not listed as permitted by right or conditional use in that district are not permitted. No uses are permitted unless included in the district’s lists.

The County establishes fees for building permits, zoning-compliance certificates, applications, and related matters, and will take no action on an application or appeal until applicable fees are paid in full. No action shall be taken.

The ordinance classifies data centers as Industrial Manufacturing for land-use purposes, which provides a defined zoning category; the definition alone does not authorize a data center in any particular district. Data center

Certain high-voltage transmission lines receive zoning relief: electrical transmission lines of 138 kV or more that are approved by the State Corporation Commission are deemed to satisfy the ordinance’s requirements. 138 kV or more

Some utility-distribution equipment—including poles, wires, conduits, pipes, valves, and meters—is exempt from this division when used to distribute service to individual customers within an approved or established service area. The exemption excludes, among other things, plants, substations, major transmission lines, and trunk lines. distributing service to individual customers

Plans or construction for a building covered by a permit granted before the article’s effective date need not be changed to comply with the article. If construction is discontinued for six months, further construction must conform to the district’s rules. building permit was granted