Compton has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers site in the city's industrial zones - Limited Manufacturing (M-L) and Heavy Manufacturing (M-H) - classified into the nearest permitted manufacturing use under Zoning Code Chapter 30, with a Conditional Use Permit and CEQA review where required.
Compton's Zoning Code (Municipal Code Chapter 30) does not name "data center" as a use. A server facility is sited in the Limited Manufacturing (M-L, formerly M-1) or Heavy Manufacturing (M-H, formerly M-2) zone and classified into the closest listed use in Section 30-14.2 or Section 30-15.2. A use fitting a listed industrial or manufacturing category is permitted by right with a ministerial building permit. A use not listed, or one triggering discretionary review, needs a Conditional Use Permit under Section 30-26, which brings CEQA review and a Planning Commission hearing. Compton has adopted no data-center moratorium or study.
Building or operating a data center outside an M-L or M-H zone, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Zoning Code violation enforced through stop-work orders, citations, and abatement by Community Development.
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