The City of Galt has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the two industrial zones - LM (Light Industrial) and M (Industrial) - permitted by right as research, development, or warehousing, or by Minor Use Permit if classed as a telecommunications facility.
Galt's Development Code (Municipal Code Title 18) does not name "data center" as a use. Chapter 18.32 creates two industrial zones - LM (Light Industrial) and M (Industrial) - and Table 18.32-1 lists permitted uses. A data center classified as Research and Development, Wholesale and Distribution, or a Utility Substation is permitted by right, needing only a ministerial building permit. Classified as a Telecommunications Facility, it requires a Minor Use Permit. Higher-intensity manufacturing needs a Conditional Use Permit in the LM zone. Discretionary permits trigger CEQA review by the Planning Division. Galt has adopted no data-center ordinance and no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside the LM or M industrial zones, or without a Minor or Conditional Use Permit when required, is a Development Code violation enforced by Code Compliance through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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