Apple Valley, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Industrial district
- I-P Planned Industrial
- Unlisted use
- Director similar-use determination
- Code
- Development Code Chapter 9.45
- Appeals
- Town Council
Summary
The Town of Apple Valley has no data-center ordinance and no listed data-center use. A server facility lands in the I-P Planned Industrial district, where the Community Development Director assigns it to the closest listed use under the Development Code's Similar Uses rule.
The I-P district is intended to provide for light industrial uses, research and development, and multi-tenant industrial buildings, as well as certain supporting administrative and professional offices and commercial activities on a limited basis in an attractive and pleasant working environment. This district implements the Planned Industrial (I-P) designation of the General Plan.B.Resource Extraction (I-RE). The I-RE district is intended to implement the Mineral Resources (M-R) designation of the General Plan by promoting uses for the mining and processing of mineral resources while ensuring their compatibility with adjacent land uses. This district also provides for the development of interim land uses including, but not limited to, lumber yards, outdoor storage, plant nurseries, and the like, that do not impair the long term ability to extract and process mineral resources. 9.45.030 - Permitted Uses (Amended Ord. 309, 316)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Apple Valley's Development Code, Title 9, Chapter 9.45, establishes two industrial districts: I-P Planned Industrial, intended for light industrial uses, research and development, and multi-tenant industrial buildings, and I-RE Resource Extraction. Table 9.45.030-A lists permitted (P), conditional use permit (CUP), and special use permit (SUP) uses. No entry names a data center. Section 9.45.030 directs the Director to review an unlisted use under Section 9.05.070, Similar Uses, using the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, then treat it as the equivalent listed use. A CUP under Chapter 9.16 goes to the Planning Commission at a public hearing with CEQA review; the Town Council decides appeals.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without the Conditional Use Permit the Director's similar-use determination requires, is a Development Code violation enforced by Apple Valley Code Enforcement.
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