Data Centers

The city's municipal code defines data centers, determines where they are permitted, and outlines use-specific standards. Data centers are permitted in planned commercial zones and one industrial zone, given they meet requirement standards (§16.50.020, §16.52.040). Data centers are allowed with a conditional use permit in some commercial zones (§16.48.030). The code requires that data centers have a six-foot fence along residential property lines, enclose generators behind a sound absorbent wall, and submit a noise mitigation plan when within six hundred feet of a residential property line (§16.20.250).