Bostonia is an unincorporated census-designated place with no city council, no city zoning code, and no city noise ordinance. San Diego County's Zoning Ordinance governs it entirely. A large data center needs a discretionary Major Use Permit in county industrial zones.
Bostonia has no municipal government. The Census Bureau defines a census-designated place as an unincorporated community without a functioning governmental structure, so every land-use decision here is made by San Diego County. The county's Zoning Ordinance classifies a large data center as Major Impact Services and Utilities, a civic use type permitted in the M52, M54, and M58 industrial zones only upon issuance of a Major Use Permit. That permit is discretionary, triggering CEQA review, a noise study, and a public hearing before county decision-makers. Bostonia sits in the Lakeside Community Plan area, which is predominantly single-family residential. The adjoining City of El Cajon does not govern Bostonia.
Building a data center without the required county Major Use Permit is a county zoning violation, enforced by San Diego County Planning & Development Services through stop-work orders, civil penalties, and abatement.
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