El Cajon has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is treated as a data storage facility - permitted by right in the M manufacturing zone under Table 17.150.170 and bound by the Section 17.115.130 property-line noise limits.
El Cajon'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 any data center, so it fits the code's "Data storage facilities and server rooms" use - permitted by right in the M zone with a ministerial building permit. Continuous cooling and generators must meet the Section 17.115.130(C) limits: 75 dB(A) on industrial land, dropping to the 50 dB(A) overnight residential limit where the site borders homes. Home-based mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A mining operation outside an industrial zone is a zoning violation, and noise over the Section 17.115.130 limits is enforced by the city as a misdemeanor or nuisance.
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