Carlsbad has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is treated like any data center - permitted by right as a data-processing or computer use in the P-M Planned Industrial zone, subject to a Minor Site Development Plan and the 65 Ldn noise limit.
Carlsbad's Municipal Code contains no crypto-mining, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap targeting mining. A warehouse of mining rigs draws power and produces heat and noise like a data center, so the Planning Division classifies it as a data-processing or computer use and sites it in the P-M Planned Industrial zone. It is permitted by right, subject to a Minor Site Development Plan under Chapter 21.06. Cooling noise must stay within the P-M performance standard of 65 Ldn at the property line (§ 21.34.090). Home-based mining is ordinary residential use, bound by the same performance and nuisance standards. Carlsbad has adopted no moratorium.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside an industrial zone, or without its Minor Site Development Plan, is a zoning violation, and noise over 65 Ldn is enforced by the City.
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