Folsom has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated like any data center: sited in an M-1, M-2, or M-L industrial district and bound by the Chapter 8.42 noise limits, with a Planning Commission use permit only if it falls under the C-3 use list.
Folsom'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 classified into the nearest industrial use and located in an M-1, M-2, or M-L district. As assembly or manufacturing inside an enclosed building it is permitted by right; a C-3-classed operation needs a Planning Commission use permit under Chapter 17.60 with CEQA review. Continuous cooling noise must meet the Section 8.42.040 standard of 50 dBA daytime and 45 dBA at night at the nearest home. Home mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same noise limits.
No crypto-specific penalties exist. A commercial mining operation outside an industrial district, or without a required use permit, is a zoning violation, and noise over the Chapter 8.42 limits is an enforceable infraction.
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