Anaheim has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial crypto-mining or blockchain facility is treated as a data center: an unlisted Industrial-zone use needing a Planning & Building Director classification, with its equipment held to the citywide 60 dBA property-line noise limit.
Anaheim's zoning and noise codes contain no crypto, bitcoin, or blockchain provisions. A mining operation is a room of servers generating heat and noise, so it is reviewed like any data center. Because Title 18 lists no data-center use class, the Planning & Building Director must classify it under Section 18.36.020, and a use fitting no class follows the Section 18.66.040 unlisted-use path to a Planning Commission conditional use permit. Continuous noise from mining rigs and cooling must stay within the Section 6.70.010 limit of 60 dBA at the property line. Home hobby mining is ordinary residential use but still must meet that noise limit and any HOA rules.
No crypto-specific penalties exist. A commercial mining facility built without the required use approval is a zoning violation, and noise over the 60 dBA limit is an infraction, then a misdemeanor on repeat.
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