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EXHIBIT
<br />CHAPTER 9, EXHIBIT 913, ZONING ORDINANCE
<br />§ 31. DATA CENTERS
<br />Chapter 9, Exhibit 9B, Zoning Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris,
<br />Texas, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 31, "Data Centers," to read as
<br />follows:
<br />§ 31-100. Purpose and intent.
<br />The purpose of this section is to establish zoning regulations for Data Centers and
<br />related facilities in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; promote
<br />orderly development; protect existing and planned residential, commercial, retail, public,
<br />institutional, agricultural, and mixed-use areas; preserve the City's long-term land use
<br />and infrastructure planning objectives; and ensure that Data Centers are developed in
<br />accordance with the City's adopted Data Center Development Standards Manual.
<br />Data Centers are hereby recognized as a distinct land use and shall not be classified as
<br />a warehouse, office, utility, telecommunications facility, public utility, manufacturing use,
<br />or general industrial use unless expressly stated in this Zoning Ordinance.
<br />§ 31-101. Definitions.
<br />For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned
<br />below. Additional technical definitions, classifications, subtypes, and interpretation
<br />criteria shall be set forth in DSM -002, Data Center Development Standards Manual.
<br />Battery Energy Storage System or BESS. - Battery energy storage system as
<br />defined and regulated by the City's adopted BESS regulations and BESS manual, as
<br />amended.
<br />Data Center Development Standards Manual or DSM -002. - The City of Paris Data
<br />Center Development Standards Manual adopted by ordinance and incorporated by
<br />reference as the administrative, technical, design, review, and use standards manual for
<br />Data Centers.
<br />Data Center. -A building, structure, facility, site, or portion thereof used or intended to
<br />be used primarily to house computer systems, servers, data storage equipment,
<br />networking equipment, telecommunications equipment, digital processing equipment,
<br />artificial intelligence computing equipment, high-performance computing equipment, or
<br />similar equipment for the storage, processing, management, transmission, or
<br />distribution of digital data. The term includes associated and accessory electrical,
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