Unincorporated Santa Clara County has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is treated as an industrial use, allowed only in the ML or MH districts with a Use Permit, and bound by the same CEQA review and Section B11-152 noise limits.
The Santa Clara County Zoning Ordinance does not mention cryptocurrency, blockchain, or mining. A commercial mining operation is a computing facility, so the County regulates it like any industrial or data-processing use: permitted only in the ML "Light Industrial" or MH "Heavy Industrial" districts, with a discretionary Use Permit, Architecture and Site Approval, and CEQA review. Noise from mining rigs and cooling equipment is capped by Noise Ordinance Section B11-152 — 55 dBA daytime and 45 dBA nighttime at a neighboring home — and by the 45 dBA air-handling-equipment limit. There is no County energy-use cap specific to mining. Home hobby mining follows ordinary residential rules.
A commercial mine outside the ML or MH districts, or without a Use Permit and CEQA clearance, is a zoning violation; excessive rig and fan noise is enforced under Section B11-152.
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