The City of Salinas has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated like any data center - sited in an IGC, IBP, or IG industrial district under Site Plan Review, and bound by the nuisance noise ordinance rather than a decibel cap.
Salinas 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 Table 37-30.130 - Industry-General or Industry-Limited - and sited in the IGC, IBP, or IG district under administrative Site Plan Review, or a Conditional Use Permit if it operates as a Major Telecommunications Facility or Major Utility. Its cooling noise must not create a noise disturbance under Sec. 5-12.02. Home-based mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same nuisance noise rules.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation outside an industrial district, or without required Site Plan Review or a Conditional Use Permit, is a zoning violation, and disturbing noise is enforced under the nuisance ordinance.
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