Amador County has no data-center ordinance. A data center is treated as an industrial use in the M, MM, or LM manufacturing districts (Title 19, Chapter 19.24), needing a use permit, a rezone unless the land is already industrial, and CEQA review.
This rural Sierra foothill county has no data centers and no ordinance naming them. Under Title 19, Chapter 19.24, a server facility is classified as an industrial or utility use. Section 19.24.044 lists "private or public utility" facilities and light manufacturing of electronics among the uses a use permit can authorize in the MM medium manufacturing district; the LM light manufacturing district (Section 19.24.043) permits no use without a use permit, and the heavier M district covers the most intensive industrial uses. The General Plan pairs its Industrial designation with the M, MM, LM, and MR zones. A rezone to LM is processed with the use permit, and discretionary approval triggers CEQA review of power, water, and noise.
Building a data center on land not zoned M, MM, or LM, or without a use permit, is a zoning violation. The Planning Department can withhold building permits, issue stop-work orders, and pursue code enforcement until the parcel is permitted.
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