2026-027 - Amendments to Exhibit 9B, Zoning Ordinance, addition of Section 31, Data Center, to establish regulations governing Data Center Facilities

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2. Accessory server rooms / IT equipment rooms are allowed only when accessory to and serving a lawful principal use on the same lot, within the same building, or as otherwise approved by the Building Official or City Manager designee. An accessory server room / IT equipment room shall not be used to establish a principal Data Center use. 3. Limited Data Centers and Edge Data Centers may be considered in the C, CA, O, LI, and HI Districts only through SUP*. Such facilities shall comply with DSM -002 and shall not be used to establish, expand, or operate a High - Intensity Data Center, Hyperscale Data Center, AI/HPC Data Center, Data Center Campus, or Data Center with accessory BESS in a district where such use is not otherwise allowed. 4. General Data Centers and Colocation Data Centers are permitted only within the Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) Districts where authorized by the Official Land Use Matrix and shall comply with § 31, DSM - 002, and all other applicable City requirements. 5. High -Intensity Data Centers, Hyperscale Data Centers, AI/HPC Data Centers, Data Center Campuses, and Data Centers with accessory BESS are permitted only within the Heavy Industrial (HI) District where authorized by the Official Land Use Matrix and shall comply with § 31, DSM - 002, and all other applicable City requirements.. 6. Data Centers are prohibited in the Agricultural (A) District. Property located in the Agricultural (A) District must first be rezoned to an eligible zoning district before any Data Center use may be considered. Rezoning to an eligible district shall not create any entitlement to Data Center approval. 7. In the Central Area (CA) District, a Limited Data Center or Edge Data Center shall not impair active ground -floor frontage, pedestrian activity, downtown vitality, historic character, streetscape quality, or surrounding land use compatibility. The City Council may prohibit or condition street -facing ground -floor Data Center use as part of SUP* approval. 8. A Data Center with accessory BESS may be reviewed through one integrated SUP* when the Data Center and BESS are proposed as one coordinated project and the BESS is accessory to the Data Center. The BESS component shall comply with the City's adopted BESS ordinance, BESS manual, fire code, building code, electrical code, and all applicable state and federal requirements. 9. A separate SUP may be required for BESS if the BESS is proposed as a separate principal use, added after Data Center SUP* approval as a material Page 22 of 25