The City of Sonoma has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation meets the same barrier a data center does: the city has no industrial zoning district, and uses the code does not list are not allowed.
Sonoma's Municipal Code contains no crypto-mining, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap. A warehouse of mining rigs is an industrial-scale use, and SMC 19.10.020 establishes no industrial district - the city's zones are residential, Commercial, Commercial-Gateway, Mixed Use, Agriculture, Park, Public Facilities, and Wine Production. Under SMC 19.10.050(C) an unlisted use is not allowed unless the city planner or planning commission makes the similar-use findings in SMC 19.02.020(D), after which the equivalent listed use's permit applies. Home mining is ordinary residential use, bound by SMC 9.56.040: 50 dBA constant daytime and 40 dBA constant at night measured on a neighbor's residential property.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. Operating a use the Development Code does not allow is a zoning violation, and noise over the Chapter 9.56 limits draws infraction or misdemeanor enforcement.
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