Bellflower, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Industrial zone
- M-1 Light Industrial only
- Industrial land
- About 4% of city
- Permit path
- Planning Commission similar-use finding
- Generating plants
- Conditional Use Permit required
Summary
Bellflower has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. The city has one industrial zone, M-1 Light Industrial, covering 4% of its 6.14 square miles. A server building needs a Planning Commission similar-use determination.
The following uses only shall be permitted in the M-l, Light Industrial District unless as may be otherwise provided for in this title:
A. Any use permitted in the C-G District, provided it complies with all regulations applicable to said C-G District.
B. The following uses if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, and subject to the following conditions: Neither drop hammers nor punch presses in excess of five ton capacity shall be permitted. Open storage is permitted on rear half of lot (subject to the conditions of Chapter 17.72). These uses are:
1. Assembly of:
a. Electrical appliances.
b. Electronic instruments, phonographs, television sets, including manufacturing of small parts such as coils, condensers, transformers or crystal holders.
2. Manufacturing, assembly, compounding or treating of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials:
a. Bone.
b. Canvas.
c. Cellophane.
d. Cloth.
e. Felt.
f. Fur.
g. Glass.
h. Leather (except machine belting).
i. Paper.
j. Plastics (only from previously molded materials).
k. Textiles.
l. Yarn.
3. The manufacture of ceramic products, provided that each kiln is limited to 18 cubic feet capacity.
4. The manufacture of scientific instruments or equipment.
5. The following uses:
(1) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same lot.
(2) Addressograph service.
(3)
Full Breakdown
Bellflower Municipal Code Section 17.52.020 opens "The following uses only shall be permitted in the M-1, Light Industrial District." That list is closed and names no data center, server farm, or colocation use. M-1 also permits any C-G General Commercial use, and Section 17.44.020(C) lets the Planning Commission approve uses substantially similar to those listed. A data center reaches Bellflower through that similar-use finding, plus Development Review and CEQA. Section 17.52.160 requires all uses inside a completely enclosed building. Backup generation matters: Section 17.52.030(F) makes electric generating plants a Conditional Use Permit. The city has 17 zones and under 160 acres of industrial land, so sites are scarce.
Violations & Fines
Operating a data center outside M-1, without the Planning Commission similar-use determination, or without a Conditional Use Permit for on-site generating plants, is a zoning violation enforced by Bellflower Code Enforcement.
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