Chula Vista has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated like any data center - sited in an I-L, I-R, or I industrial zone, bound by the Sec. 19.68.030 noise limits, and needing a Conditional Use Permit only if the City classes it as an unclassified use.
Chula Vista'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 it is matched to the nearest industrial use - electronic manufacturing, warehousing, or laboratory - in the I-L, I-R, or I zones. Every I-L use needs site plan and architectural approval under CVMC 19.44.130, and an unclassified use needs a Planning Commission Conditional Use Permit with CEQA review. Continuous cooling noise must stay within CVMC 19.68.030: 70 dB(A) in the I-L zone and 45 dB(A) overnight where it reaches homes. Home mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside an industrial zone, or without a required permit, is a Title 19 zoning violation, and noise over the Sec. 19.68.030 limits is enforced by the City.
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