Glendale has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated as a data center - sited in the IND industrial zone under Chapter 30.13 and bound by the Chapter 8.36 noise limits, with a Conditional Use Permit where classed as a conditional use.
Glendale's Municipal Code contains no crypto-mining, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap aimed at mining. A warehouse of mining rigs draws power and produces heat and noise like a data center, so the community development director classifies it into the nearest permitted use - research and development, warehousing, or utility - and sites it in the IND zone under Chapter 30.13. Continuous cooling noise must stay within Chapter 8.36: 70 dBA on industrial land and 45 dBA overnight where it reaches homes, minus 5 dBA for a steady hum. Home mining is ordinary residential use, bound by the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside a zone that permits it, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Title 30 zoning violation, and noise over the Chapter 8.36 limits is enforced by the City.
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