The City of Orange has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is treated as an industrial use - sited in the M-1 or M-2 district and bound by the Chapter 8.24 noise limits and industrial performance standards.
Orange'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 in the Chapter 17.13 Master Land Use Table and located in the M-1 or M-2 district. It must meet the Section 17.20.220-17.20.300 performance standards, and its cooling and generator noise must stay within the Section 8.24.040 residential limits of 55 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) overnight. Home-based mining is ordinary residential use, subject to those same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining facility outside an industrial zone, or without a required conditional use permit, is a zoning violation, and excess noise is enforced under Chapter 8.24.
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