Oakland has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is treated like any data center - classified as a Light or General Manufacturing industrial activity, sited in the CIX, IG, or IO zones and bound by the Section 17.120.050 noise limits.
Oakland's Planning 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 the Zoning Administrator classifies it as Light Manufacturing or General Manufacturing under Chapter 17.10 and sites it in the CIX, IG, or IO industrial zones - permitted by right as Light Manufacturing, or by Conditional Use Permit for General Manufacturing within 300 feet of homes. Continuous cooling noise must meet Section 17.120.050: 70 dBA at industrial receivers, 60 daytime and 45 nighttime where it reaches homes. Home mining is residential use, subject to the same property-line limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mine outside the CIX, IG, or IO zones, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a zoning violation, and noise over the Section 17.120.050 limits is enforced by Oakland.
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