Glendale has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use in its Zoning Code. Data centers site in the IND industrial zone under Chapter 30.13, permitted by right where the community development director classifies them as research and development, office, or utility use.
Glendale is a charter city with its own Zoning Code (Title 30) and its own utility, Glendale Water & Power. Chapter 30.13 governs the IND industrial zone, applied along San Fernando Road and the city's industrial corridors. Table 30.13-A names no "data center" use. Under Section 30.13.020.H, an unlisted use is barred unless the community development director finds it similar to a listed permitted use. A server building reads as research and development, office, business support, or utility and transmission facilities - each permitted by right (P). Uses classified as conditional need a Conditional Use Permit under Chapter 30.42, triggering CEQA review. The IMU-R and SFMU mixed-use zones also allow industrial uses. Glendale has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside a zone that permits it, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Title 30 zoning violation enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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