Chino Hills has no data-center ordinance and no data center use in its Land Use Matrix. A server facility fits the Business Park or Light Industrial district as General Manufacturing or Warehouse, after a Director use determination and Planning Commission site plan approval.
Appendix A of the Development Code lists every use by district, and data centers are absent. Uses not listed are prohibited unless the Community Development Director determines under Section 16.79.015(C) that the use closely corresponds to a listed one. The nearest matches sit in the Business Park (BP) and Light Industrial (LI) districts: General Manufacturing is permitted by right in both, Warehouse by right in LI and by Conditional Use Permit in BP. Section 16.14.030 requires Site Plan approval for every new industrial building, heard by the Planning Commission with CEQA review. BP and LI are the City's only industrial districts.
Operating a data center without the required use determination, Site Plan approval, or Conditional Use Permit is a Development Code violation, enforced by Chino Hills Code Enforcement through stop-work orders and abatement.
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