Elk Grove has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the industrial zones - LI, LI/FX, HI, and MP - classified into the closest use, permitted by right or by conditional use permit.
Elk Grove's Zoning Code (Municipal Code Title 23) does not name "data center" as a use. A data center is sited in the City's industrial base zones - Light Industrial (LI), Light Industrial/Flex (LI/FX), Heavy Industrial (HI), and Industrial-Office Park (MP) - and classified into the closest use in Table 23.27-1. Classed as Research and Development or Warehouse, it is permitted by right (P) in LI, LI/FX, and HI. Classed as Distribution or Manufacturing, it needs a conditional use permit (CUP) in MP or LI/FX. A CUP is discretionary and triggers CEQA review and a public hearing. Elk Grove has adopted no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial zone, or without a required conditional use permit, is a Title 23 zoning violation enforced by Code Enforcement through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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