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.
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.
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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