The City of Alameda has no data-center ordinance and no data-center use category. Server facilities are classified into the nearest listed use - Office, Industrial-Light, or Utilities-Large - in citywide industrial areas or the Alameda Point Enterprise and Adaptive Reuse sub-districts.
Alameda's zoning code, Municipal Code Chapter XXX, names no data-center use. The Alameda Point Zoning District, Section 30-4.24, carries the closest categories: Office, Industrial-Light, Industrial-Heavy, and Utilities-Large. In the Enterprise-1 and Adaptive Reuse sub-districts, Office and Industrial-Light are permitted by right; Industrial-Heavy and Utilities-Large require a Conditional Use Permit from the Planning Board under Section 30-21.3. Because no listing matches a server farm, the Community Development Director or Planning Board must first find the use substantially similar to a listed one. The City Council rejected a data-center lease at Alameda Point in 2019.
Operating a data center without a required Conditional Use Permit, or in a sub-district where the use is not listed, is a zoning violation enforced by the Planning, Building and Transportation Department.
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