Burbank has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated as a data center - classified by the City Planner into the closest industrial use, sited in the M-1 or M-2 zones with a Conditional Use Permit, and bound by the Section 9-3-208 noise limits.
Burbank's Municipal Code contains no crypto-mining, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap aimed at mining. A warehouse of mining rigs draws power and produces heat and noise like a data center, so the City Planner classifies it under Section 10-1-503 into the nearest listed use - computer service center, light industrial manufacturing, or warehousing - and sites it in the M-1 or M-2 zone, permitted subject to a Conditional Use Permit. Continuous cooling noise must stay within Section 9-3-208: no more than 5 dBA over the 70 dBA industrial base, or the 45 dBA residential base overnight where it abuts homes. Home mining is ordinary residential use, bound by the same noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside the M-1 or M-2 zones, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Title 10 zoning violation, and noise over the Section 9-3-208 limits is enforced by the City.
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