Kern County has no ordinance specific to cryptocurrency or blockchain mining. A commercial mining operation is treated as a data center or industrial use, sited in the M-1, M-2, or M-3 districts and bound by the same plot plan review, CEQA review, and 65 dB Ldn noise standard.
Unincorporated Kern County does not single out cryptocurrency or bitcoin mining in Title 19. Because a mining operation is a room of servers and cooling equipment, it is regulated like any data center: classified as a similar industrial use, sited in the M-1, M-2, or M-3 district, and cleared through a Planning Director plot plan review under Chapter 19.80, with CEQA review for discretionary approvals. Its cooling and any diesel generators must meet the 65 dB Ldn exterior noise standard at nearby homes under Section 19.80.030.S, and generator emissions fall under San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District permits. Small-scale hobby mining on personal equipment inside a home falls under ordinary residential and home-occupation rules, not industrial zoning.
No crypto-specific penalty exists. A commercial mining facility built outside an industrial district, without an approved plot plan review, or exceeding the 65 dB Ldn noise standard faces county zoning and noise enforcement and denial of permits until it conforms.
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