Shasta County has no ordinance specific to cryptocurrency or blockchain mining. A commercial mine is treated like any data center, allowed in the M-L or M industrial districts subject to the county noise standard and CEQA.
Unincorporated Shasta County does not name cryptocurrency, bitcoin, or blockchain mining anywhere in its Zoning Code. Because a mining operation is a room of servers and cooling equipment, it is regulated the same as a data center: classified as data processing or computer services under Section 17.56.020, sited in the M-L Light Industrial or M General Industrial district, and requiring a building permit and site plan, or a use permit and CEQA review for a larger facility. Continuous noise from rigs and cooling must stay within the General Plan Table N-IV limits - 50 dBA Leq at night - measured at the nearest home. Small-scale hobby mining inside a residence falls under ordinary residential and home-occupation rules, not industrial zoning.
No crypto-specific penalty exists. A commercial mining facility built outside an M-L or M district, without a required building or use permit, or exceeding its approved noise conditions, faces county zoning, permit, and nuisance enforcement until it conforms.
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