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.
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.
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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