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ORDINANCE NO. 5143 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, AMENDING THE ZONING CODE AND MAP ATTACHED THERETO, BY REZONING A PARCEL FROM PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) FOR AN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND TESTING FACILITY TO PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) FOR A DATA CENTER, KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE USES, AND ANCILLARY COMMERCIAL USES WITH A MID-RISE OVERLAY FOR BUILDING HEIGHTS UP TO 90 FEET IN CASE PLH24-0046 (PRICE ROAD INNOVATION CAMPUS) LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PRICE AND DOBSON ROADS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. WHEREAS, an application for rezoning certain property within the corporate limits of Chandler, Arizona, has been filed in accordance with Article XXVI of the Chandler Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, the application has been published in a local newspaper with general circulation in the City of Chandler, giving fifteen (15) days’ notice of the time, place, and date of public hearing; and WHEREAS, a notice of such hearing was posted on the property at least seven (7) days prior to the public hearing; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the probable impact of this ordinance on the cost to construct housing for sale or rent; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning and Zoning Commission as required by the Zoning Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, as follows: Section 1. Legal Description of Property: EXHIBIT ‘A’ Said parcel is hereby rezoned from PAD for engineering, manufacturing and testing to PAD for knowledge-intensive uses and ancillary commercial, subject to the following conditions: 1. Primary land uses shall be limited to knowledge-intensive uses including but not limited to: Ordinance No. 5143 Page 2 a. Manufacturing, research and development, and/or office for high-technology, biomedical, biotechnology, bioscience, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, telecommunications, aerospace, renewable and/or cogeneration energy, and other industries involved in emerging technologies except no use shall be permitted that is likely to be detrimental to the health and safety of the surrounding area or the general community; b. Higher education facilities such as universities and professional institutes of learning; c. Assembly of finished products or subassemblies, so long as the primary use of the property is technology related and not basic processing and compounding of raw materials or food products; d. Supporting advanced business services or office uses such as financial services, information technology, software design, professional design or engineering firms, accounting, or human resources; and e. Other uses determined by the Zoning Administrator to be similar to the aforementioned knowledge-intensive uses. 2. The use of a data center as a primary use is permitted within the portion of the site identified in Exhibit B. 3. Data centers not located in the portion of the site identified in Exhibit B shall: a. not occupy more than 10 percent of the building footprint b. be used to serve the enterprise functions of the on-site business c. not be used to lease data storage and/or processing services to third parties, and d. not be housed in a separate stand-alone structure 4. Call centers, warehousing, storage, distribution, and other similar land uses that do not employ a workforce composed of a substantial number of predominantly highly skilled workers engaging in knowledge-intensive employment shall not be permitted as a primary use. 5. Ancillary commercial uses that support employment uses such as but not limited to retail, restaurants, personal services and business services shall be permitted and shall not occupy more than 15% of each building footprint. 6. Building heights shall not exceed 90 feet in height as measured to the top of parapet of the building facade. Ordinance No. 5143 Page 3 7. Development shall be in substantial conformance with the conceptual plans included in the Development Booklet, entitled, "Price Road Innovation Campus" and kept on file in the City of Chandler Planning Division, File No. PLH24-0046, modified by such conditions included at the time the Booklet was approved by the Chandler City Council and/or as thereafter amended, modified, or supplemented by the Chandler City Council. 8. Completion of the construction of all required off-site improvements including but not limited to paving, landscaping, curb, gutter and sidewalks, median improvements and street lighting, to achieve conformance with City codes, standard details, and design manuals. 9. Right-of-way dedications to achieve full half-widths, including turn lanes and deceleration lanes, per standards of the Chandler Transportation Plan. 10.The landscaping and all other improvements in all open spaces shall be maintained by the property owner or property owner's association and shall be maintained at a level consistent with or better than at the time of planting. 11.The landscaping in all right-of-way shall be maintained by the adjacent property owner or property owner's association. 12.All water meters serving the site shall be removed, except for one one-inch water meter to serve the data center. Applications shall be submitted for any additional water meters to serve the remaining buildings pursuant to the Sustainable Water Allocation Regulations set forth in City Code Chapter 52. 13.The data center shall be engineered to utilize mechanical cooling systems which may include closed-loop water-based cooling systems that do not require the on-going use of water provided that the water use for the data center does not exceed Tier I water allocation for the property. 14.All generators shall only be utilized for backup power or if required by SRP during a demand response event. Nothing in this stipulation shall prevent weekly testing of the generators pursuant to the requirements contained in Section 35-2214 Data Centers of the municipal code of the City of Chandler. Section 2. The Planning Division of the City of Chandler is hereby directed to enter such changes and amendments as may be necessary upon the Zoning Map of said Zoning Code in compliance with this Ordinance. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, or any parts hereof, are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 5143 Page 4 Section 4. In any case, where any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Ordinance, the Planning Division of the City of Chandler may institute an injunction or any other appropriate action in proceeding to prevent the use of such building, structure, or land. Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, then this entire ordinance is invalid and shall have no force or effect. Section 6. A violation of this Ordinance shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions set forth in Section 1-8.3 of the Chandler City Code. Each day a violation continues, or the failure to perform any act or duty required by this Ordinance or the Zoning Code, shall constitute a separate offense. INTRODUCED AND TENTATIVELY APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ____ day of ______________, 2025. ATTEST: ______________________________ _______________________________ CITY CLERK MAYOR PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this _____ day of _______________, 2025. ATTEST: ______________________________ _______________________________ CITY CLERK MAYOR Ordinance No. 5143 Page 5 CERTIFICATION I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 5143 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the ____ day of _____________, 2025, and that a quorum was present thereat. __________________________ CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY Published: Ordinance No. 5143 Page 6 Ordinance No. 5143 Page 7 Ordinance No. 5143 Page 8 Ordinance No. 5143 Page 9 Ordinance No. 5143 Page 10