Burbank has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use in its Zoning Code. A data center sites in the M-1 or M-2 industrial zones under Article 8, classified by the City Planner into the closest listed use and requiring a Conditional Use Permit.
Burbank is a charter city with its own Zoning Code, Municipal Code Title 10, Chapter 1, and its own utility, Burbank Water and Power. Article 8 governs the M-1 Limited Industrial and M-2 General Industrial zones along the city's industrial corridors. Section 10-1-502, the Zoning Use List, names no "data center" use. Under Section 10-1-503, the City Planner classifies an unlisted use as substantially similar to two or more listed uses - such as computer service center, light industrial manufacturing, or public utility facility - and it is then permitted subject to a Conditional Use Permit, triggering CEQA review. Every M-1 or M-2 structure also needs Development Review by the Director. Burbank has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside the M-1 or M-2 zones, or without a required Conditional Use Permit or Development Review approval, is a Title 10 zoning violation enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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