Data centers may operate in Chandler only if explicitly approved within a Planned Area Development (PAD) zoning district. A 2022 amendment, Ordinance 5033, removed by-right siting in employment corridors, citing few post-construction jobs on high-value land.
Ordinance No. 5033 (adopted December 8, 2022; effective January 5, 2023) added Section 35-2214 to Chandler's Zoning Code. Data centers may not operate unless explicitly approved as part of a Planned Area Development district; there is no by-right industrial siting. A data center ancillary to another primary use is allowed only if it occupies no more than ten percent of the building footprint, serves the on-site owner's own enterprise functions (no leasing to third parties), and is not in a stand-alone structure. Staff cited the low post-construction job counts relative to the high-value employers targeted along the Price Road corridor.
Building or operating a data center outside an approved Planned Area Development district is an unlawful use under Chandler's Zoning Code, subject to enforcement by Development Services and the Zoning Administrator, including stop-work orders and permit denial.
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