Scope
Phoenix Ordinance G-7396 (text amendment Z-TA-2-25-Y), adopted by the City Council on 2 July 2025, amends the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance to add a definition for data centers, add design standards for data centers to the city-wide design review guidelines, and add data centers as a Special Permit use in the C-2, C-3, CP/GCP, A-1 and A-2 zoning districts with performance standards. It applies only in Phoenix.
- Geographic scope
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Phoenix City Council
Dates
- Adopted
- 2 July 2025
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The legislative record states no expiration and no separate effective day.
- Source document
- 2 July 2025
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
The Phoenix City Council adopted Ordinance G-7396 (Z-TA-2-25-Y) on 2 July 2025. It adds a zoning definition for data centers, design standards, and a requirement that data centers in the C-2, C-3, CP/GCP, A-1 and A-2 districts obtain a Special Permit and meet performance standards such as noise limits and spacing from high-capacity transit. The city's legislative record shows the ordinance as adopted; the adopted exhibit and a legal effective day were not opened.
What this does not establish
- The primary source is the City Clerk's Legistar record (status Adopted, final action 2 July 2025), not the adopted ordinance exhibit.
- No effective day is stored because the record does not state one; the ordinance was adopted more than a year before this review.
- Numeric performance standards were not copied from the staff report.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://phoenix.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=CFD35FCB-1DB0-409C-A96B-F814C05FC09A&ID=7447349&Options=&Search=