Lancaster has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use in its Industrial Zones Uses Matrix. Server farms land in the LI, HI, or BP zones, where the planning director interprets the use and site plan review applies.
Lancaster Municipal Code Title 17 defines industrial zones as LI, HI, and BP (Section 17.16.010). The Section 17.16.040 Uses Matrix names no data center. Section 17.16.040 states that uses outside every listed category are subject to interpretation of the director, and Section 17.16.080 gives the director the final call. Staff match a server farm to the closest listed use: Research and Development - General, Warehousing, or Public Utilities - General, each permitted by right in LI and HI. Every new industrial building needs site plan review under Section 17.16.120. Discretionary approvals trigger CEQA. Unlike Los Angeles County, Lancaster ran no data-center study.
Building a data center without approved site plan review, or outside the LI, HI, or BP zones, violates Title 17 and is abated by Lancaster code enforcement.
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