Schertz adopts permit requirement for data centers in manufacturing districts

The memo describes the proposal; the verified meeting outcome establishes that council adopted the staff recommendation.

The difference is consequential for an applicant seeking an M-1 site: the commission's recommendation would have placed the permit requirement only in M-2, while the adopted staff approach covers both districts. A specific use permit gives council discretion to evaluate a proposed data center and attach development conditions. The memo does not itself identify a particular project for approval; this ordinance establishes the rule for a future application.

What counts as a data center

The city's proposed definition distinguishes a data center from an office that has server or data rooms for its own internal information technology. Those supporting rooms are excluded from the definition described in the memo.

Future applications, rather than this ordinance alone, would put a particular proposed site before the city. The next public record to inspect is the filed text of Ordinance 26-S-020, followed by any specific use permit application and the commission and council dockets for that site. Readers can use the city's item 6 record to compare the staff and commission recommendations that preceded council's action.