The City of Fresno has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers site in the IL Light Industrial and IH Heavy Industrial districts, permitted by right as a Communication Facility or industrial use under Development Code Table 15-1302.
Fresno is a charter city governed by its own Citywide Development Code (Municipal Code Chapter 15), not the County ordinance. The code names no "data center" use. Under Section 15-1302.C the Director assigns an undefined use to the substantially-similar classification. A server building fits "Communication Facilities - Facilities within Buildings" (telephone switching centers), permitted by right in the IL Light Industrial and IH Heavy Industrial districts, or an industrial use such as Limited or General Industrial, also permitted by right in both. No Conditional Use Permit is required for those classifications. Discretionary building approvals trigger CEQA review. Fresno has adopted no data-center ordinance and no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without a required permit, violates the Citywide Development Code and is enforced by Planning and Code Enforcement through stop-work orders and abatement.
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