The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to consider proposed revisions to the city’s Unified Development Code (UDC) addressing data center use-specific standards and conditional use permit criteria at its meeting on Oct. 8, 2026, according to the published agenda.
The item is listed under Old Business on the agenda for the meeting at 701 E Broadway, which references a prior Sept. 24, 2026 work session on the same topic. According to the agenda, attachments include work session minutes, a staff report to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and a presentation titled “Data Centers – Electric.”
The matter concerns how data centers would be regulated under the city’s development code, including specific standards for the use and criteria governing conditional use permits, as stated in the agenda listing.
- Meeting: Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission
- Date: Oct. 8, 2026
- Location: 701 E Broadway
- Agenda item: UDC Revisions – Data Center Use Specific Standards & Conditional Use Permit Criteria
- Listed under: V. Old Business
- Attachments: Staff Report to Planning and Zoning Commission; Data Centers – Electric Presentation; Sept. 24, 2026 Work Session Minutes
The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to take up the agenda item as part of its Oct. 8 meeting, following the earlier work session held Sept. 24, 2026, according to the posted agenda materials.
Residents can review the full agenda and attachments through the city’s Legistar system and may attend the Oct. 8 meeting at 701 E Broadway to observe or participate in the public process, according to the meeting posting.
Official source: the published record