Long Beach has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers site in the City's industrial districts - IL, IM, IG, and IP - classified into the nearest use in Table 33-2, with a Conditional Use Permit where classed as an electrical or utility service.
Long Beach is a charter city with its own Zoning Code (Title 21). Its industrial districts - IL Light, IM Medium, IG General, and IP Port-related - carry a large port and manufacturing land base. Title 21 names no "data center" use, so Development Services classifies a server facility into the closest use in Table 33-2, Chapter 21.33. A building operating as light manufacturing, warehousing, or research is sited within these industrial districts. A facility functioning as an electrical service - generation, transmission, or distribution of energy - requires a Conditional Use Permit in the IG district, a discretionary approval triggering CEQA review and a public hearing. The City has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without a Conditional Use Permit where one is required, is a Title 21 zoning violation enforced by Development Services through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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