Palm Springs has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated like any data center - sited in an M-1 or M-2 industrial zone by conditional use permit or similar-use finding, and bound by the Chapter 11.74 property-line noise limits, including the air-conditioning rule.
Palm Springs'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 sited in the M-1 Service/Manufacturing or M-2 Manufacturing zone - through a Planning Commission similar-use determination or a conditional use permit for an unlisted industrial use under Zoning Code Sec. 92.17.01. Continuous cooling noise must stay within Chapter 11.74: 70 dBA on industrial land, 40 dBA overnight where it reaches homes, and no more than 5 dBA above ambient at a residential line under Sec. 11.74.043(i). Home mining is residential use, bound by the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside an industrial zone, or without a required conditional use permit, is a zoning violation, and noise over the Chapter 11.74 limits is enforced by the City.
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