Data center overlay zone
Citywide code changes on data centers. After an Aug. 19 direction to draft an overlay zone, the council on Sept. 23, 2025 removed data centers as permitted or conditional uses and enacted Chapter 14.34A creating a data center overlay zone, both 7-0.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- City Council: Removing data centers as permitted or conditional uses
- City Council: Data center overlay zone, Chapter 14.34A
- City Council work session: Removing data centers from permitted and conditional uses
- City Council work session: Data center overlay zone, Chapter 14.34A
- City Council work session: Data center policy and zoning
In brief
Data center overlay zone appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of August 19, 2025 to the City Council work session meeting of September 23, 2025.
On record, it was approved 2 times.
The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of September 23, 2025.
The City Council work session meeting of September 23, 2025 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.
Follow the money and project delivery
Data center overlay zone
- Council action
Approved: Removing data centers as permitted or conditional uses · Agenda and reports Record → · Sept. 23, 2025
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
September 23, 2025 · City Council
Removing data centers as permitted or conditional uses
Approved · 7-0
The council approved a Title 14 amendment removing data centers as permitted or conditional uses (PLOTA20250458).
September 23, 2025 · City Council
Data center overlay zone, Chapter 14.34A
Approved · 7-0
The council enacted Chapter 14.34A creating a data center overlay zone (PLOTA20250182).
September 23, 2025 · City Council work session
Removing data centers from permitted and conditional uses
Discussed
Presentation of an ordinance amending Title 14 to remove data centers as permitted or conditional uses (PLOTA20250458), scheduled for that evening's council meeting.
September 23, 2025 · City Council work session
Data center overlay zone, Chapter 14.34A
Approved · 7-0
Council Member Becky Bogdin moved, seconded by Council Member Craig Christensen, to include the three Planning Commission recommendations and add language on water contamination mitigation strategies in the final ordinance. It passed 7-0, and the ordinance went to the evening council meeting.
August 19, 2025 · City Council work session
Data center policy and zoning
Approved · 7-0
The council discussed data center policy and zoning considerations. Council Member Gary Garrett moved to ask staff to draft legislation leading to a data center overlay zone, seconded by Council Member Becky Bogdin. It passed 7-0.