The City of San Bernardino has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining facility is treated like any data center - sited in an industrial zone under a Development Permit and bound by the Chapter 19.20 noise limits.
San Bernardino's Development 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 - a communication equipment structure or enclosed manufacturing use - and sited in the OIP, IL, IH, or IE zone under a discretionary Development Permit. Continuous cooling noise must meet Chapter 19.20: not discernible past the parcel line and under 65 dBA at residential exteriors. Home-based mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same noise standards.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A commercial mining operation without the required Development Permit is a zoning violation, and noise beyond the parcel line or over 65 dBA is enforced by Code Enforcement.
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