Santa Monica has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is regulated as a data center, classified as Communication Facilities, Equipment within Buildings, needing a Conditional Use Permit in the IC district and meeting the Chapter 4.12 noise limits.
Santa Monica's Municipal Code contains no crypto, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap. A warehouse of mining rigs holds computer servers, so it is classified as Communication Facilities, Equipment within Buildings under Section 9.51.030 and located in the IC Industrial Conservation or OC Office Campus district. In IC it requires a Conditional Use Permit with CEQA review; in OC it is permitted by right. Continuous cooling noise must stay within Section 4.12.060: 70 dBA on Zone III land and 50 dBA overnight where it reaches homes. Home mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A mining facility outside an allowed district, or lacking a required Conditional Use Permit, is a zoning violation, and noise over the Section 4.12.060 limits is separately enforced.
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