Planned Industrial Park Zoning District

At a glance

What: Ord. 26-96, zoning text amendment P26-080 creating a Planned Industrial Park (PIP) district to support future "jobs corridor" areas, plus related sign, landscape and food-truck code changes.
Where it stands: passed first reading 3-1 on 2026-10-12; Councilman Bonna voted no. Second reading is pending. The companion rezoning is Glades Cut-Off Road Planned Industrial Park Rezoning.
Next: staff will meet each councilmember before second reading; council may still vote no then.

Permits industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, research, office park and hotel uses, plus vertical multifamily up to 15% of the district's gross area.
Requires a 500 ft building setback and an 80 ft landscape buffer with a 15 ft berm next to residential; 10 ft setbacks are the baseline elsewhere.
Requires a noise study, dark-sky lighting, screening of equipment, and multifamily access from a collector or arterial road.
Allows limited administrative adjustments by the zoning administrator and public works director, and a parking analysis route through the Site Plan Review Committee.
The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval on 2026-07-07.

Councilman Bonna was worried it could make it easier for data centers to locate in the city.
Vice Mayor Caraballo argued the guardrails protect the public, since industrial land can otherwise be built by right with only a 10 ft side yard.
The city attorney said the answer was "almost a yes to both" and asked for time before giving a formal opinion.

2026-10-12 - City Council (Regular) - Mary Savich Dunham presented. Council discussed data-center worries and guardrails; passed 3-1 on first reading (Bonna opposed). Staff to meet councilmembers before second reading.
2026-10-12 - 2026-10-12 - City Council (Regular): Motion passed by voice vote with Caraballo, Morgan, and Pickett in favor and Bonna opposed.
2026-10-26 - 2026-10-26 - City Council Meeting: Ordinance 26-96 approved on second reading. The city manager said the city is about 86 percent residential and the district supports more industrial and research uses.