Chula Vista has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the I-L, I-R, and I industrial zones, permitted by right as an electronic, warehousing, or laboratory use, with site plan and architectural approval required for every project.
Chula Vista's zoning code, Municipal Code Title 19, does not name "data center" as a use. A server building is sited in the City's industrial zones - I-L, I-R, and I - and matched to the closest listed use: manufacturing of electronic devices and components, storage and warehousing, or an electronic laboratory, all permitted by right. Every I-L use still needs discretionary site plan and architectural approval under CVMC 19.44.130. A facility the City treats as an unclassified use requires a Planning Commission Conditional Use Permit, triggering CEQA review and a public hearing. Backup generators are an allowed accessory use under CVMC 19.58.142(E). Chula Vista has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial zone, or without the site plan approval or Conditional Use Permit when required, is a Title 19 zoning violation enforced by Development Services through stop-work orders and abatement.
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