Fontana, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Industrial zones
- M-1, M-2
- Data-center use category
- None
- Buffer rule (Ord. 1891)
- Warehouses only
- CEQA
- Applies to discretionary permits
Summary
Fontana has no data-center use category. A data center locates in the M-1 Light Industrial or M-2 Heavy Industrial zone, classified by Planning into the nearest Table 30-530 use - a manufacturing, business-park, or warehousing use - by-right or by Conditional Use Permit depending on that classification.
This Article is applicable to all Warehouse uses throughout the city, as defined in Section 30-12 of Chapter 30, Article 1, Division 4; and as listed as a type of 'Warehousing Use' in Table No. 30-530 and includes all warehouse uses in Specific Plans.
Full Breakdown
Fontana's Zoning and Development Code (Chapter 30) does not name 'data center' in Table No. 30-530, the permitted-use list for its M-1 Light Industrial and M-2 Heavy Industrial districts. Planning classifies a server facility into the closest existing use: 'Manufacturing processes involving no raw materials' is conditional in M-1 and permitted in M-2, and a 'Business Park' office use is permitted by right. Much industrial land sits under Specific Plans with their own use lists. Fontana's warehouse buffer rule, Ordinance No. 1891, applies only to Warehouse uses, so it does not reach a data center unless classified as warehousing. CEQA review attaches to any discretionary permit.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center outside an M-1 or M-2 industrial zone, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Zoning and Development Code violation enforced by Fontana Code Enforcement through stop-work orders and penalties.
Frequently Asked Questions
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