Data Center Overlay District (TXT-2026-02)

Urged that any surcharges or costs from a data center fall on the operator, not residents; sound limits shouldn't stack on top of the area's 40–60 dB baseline; tightened outdoor lighting rules to close a loophole; and detailed an enforcement scheme with monthly city tours, public posting of violations, and fines up to $25,000 a day.

A 26-year Page resident warned about the dangers of AI, arguing the encryption-breaking power of data centers could destabilize banking, government, and privacy — comparing the risk to a nuclear bomb.

A 44-year resident of 270 Morgan said the town's quality of life is why people stay and questioned whether a data center would improve it; she raised concern for a pair of owls nesting in the canyons within the proposed overlay area.

A 50-year resident proposed a governing principle: no resident at any property line should be able to perceive a data center by sound, light, odor, vibration, or degraded utilities, and all costs and risks should fall on the owner-operator. She asked for a one-mile minimum distance from residential zones, smaller megawatt limits, and a slower process.

A resident since 1968 with detailed written suggestions said a relative who builds data centers nationwide told him operators build to the minimum required — so Page's rules must be strict. He supported the overlay but said the process is moving too fast and the document isn't ready to hand to council.

Speaking for a community group with detailed written recommendations, she asked that the overlay require data centers to secure power from outside providers so local rates and reliability aren't affected, mandate a water feasibility study, prefer non-potable or recycled water, and slow the process down before council votes at the end of the month.

A 28-year Cedar Street resident pleaded with the commission to slow down and not vote yet, delivering detailed sound-mitigation recommendations: G-weighted and third-octave-band measurements, noise no more than 5 dB above baseline (3 dB at night), and quarterly third-party acoustic monitoring with public results within 30 days.