More Local Ordinance Examples On Data Centers​

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• City of Menomonie Zoning Ordinance. Defines data center. Creates the I-4 Data Center Industrial District, which is an unmapped floating zone, so only applies if land is rezoned to this district. Lists uses allowed and prohibited in the district. Data centers are not a conditional use. Sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks, maximum height, minimum lot area, and other requirements.

• City of Port Washington Zoning Ordinance. Defines data center differently than enCode. Statement of Intent for I-3 Technology Campus District. Data centers are a permitted use in this district with building, site and operational plans. Includes lot and dimensional standards, maximum height, parking lot setbacks, building design standards, and standards covering landscaping, screening, fencing, lighting and noise standards.

• City of Wauwatosa Zoning Ordinance. Data processing, not defined, is listed as a permitted use in the Research Park District. Ordinance also includes Maintenance and Reuse of Properties provisions for large-format retail developments that do not currently apply to data centers but perhaps could be applied.

• City of Eau Claire Land Development Ordinance. Defines data center. Lists it as a conditional use in LI – Light Industrial and HI - Heavy Industrial district. No supplemental or use-specific regulations apply to data centers.

• Columbia County Zoning Ordinance. Defines data center and allows as a conditional use in the I-1 Light Industrial and I-2 General Industrial districts, which are mapped. Includes maximum building coverage.

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