Public Hearing: Consideration of an Ordinance of the Lewisville City Council Amending Article II, Definitions, Article VII, Uses, Parking Requirements, Supplemental Use Regulations, and Certain Distance Requirements, and Article VIII, Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards, of Volume II of the Lewisville City Code, Known as the Unified Development Code, by Adding a new Definition of “Data Cente

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Public Hearing: Consideration of an Ordinance of the Lewisville City Council Amending Article II, Definitions, Article VII, Uses, Parking Requirements, Supplemental Use Regulations, and Certain Distance Requirements, and Article VIII, Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards, of Volume II of the Lewisville City Code, Known as the Unified Development Code, by Adding a new Definition of “Data Center” to Section II.2.1; Adding “Data Center” to Exhibit VII.2-3-4, Non-Residential Zoning Districts, as a new use in the Accessory and Warehouse and Storage Use Categories and Allowing Such use in Certain Districts With a Special Use Permit (“SUP”); and Adding “Data Center” to the Parking Requirements Outlined in Exhibit VIII.1.4-1, Minimum Parking Requirement; Providing for a Savings Clause, a Repealer, Severability, a Penalty, and an Effective Date.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.