Plumas County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a server facility is an industrial or public-utility use belonging in the Heavy Industrial (I-1) or Light Industrial (I-2) zone, permitted only after site development review under Article 11.3. Portola, the county's one city, zones its own land.
Plumas County's Zoning Code (Title 9, Chapter 2) does not name data centers. Section 9-2.301 establishes the county's zones, including Heavy Industrial (I-1), Light Industrial (I-2), and Mining (M). A server hall is treated as an industrial use: Section 9-2.2502 lets I-1 host assembly, manufacturing, processing, electric generation, and public utility facilities, all subject to site development review under Article 11.3. Under Section 9-2.1132 the Planning Director decides whether the use may significantly affect the environment; a power- and cooling-intensive facility triggers a site development permit and CEQA review. Title 9 governs unincorporated land only; the City of Portola, the county's sole incorporated city, applies its own zoning.
Building a data center on land not zoned I-1, I-2, or M, or without a required site development permit and building permit, is a zoning violation.
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