Bishop has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use. Server buildings go in the M-1 General Industrial District under Municipal Code Chapter 17.60, which lists no such use, so the planning commission approves it as a similar use by use permit.
Bishop's zoning code, Title 17, splits the city into residential, commercial, and one industrial district. The M-1 General Industrial District (Chapter 17.60) covers manufacturing, warehousing, and processing, and its permitted-use list at 17.60.030 names food, metal, leather, electronics, pharmaceuticals, wrecking yards, and warehouse storage - not data centers. Section 17.60.050 lets the planning commission approve any similar use with an approved development plan, and 17.60.030 lets it grant a use permit for uses it deems similar and no more obnoxious. A land use permit under 17.80.030 precedes any building permit. M-1 buildings cap at two stories or 30 feet on lots of at least 20,000 square feet.
Building or operating a data center outside M-1, or without the required land use permit and use permit, violates Title 17 and is enforced by the city under Chapter 17.88, where each day is a separate offense.
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