The City of Moorpark has its own adopted Title 17 zoning code and no data-center use category. A data center sites in the M-1 or M-2 industrial zone as manufacturing, warehousing, or a research use, permitted by Zoning Clearance.
Moorpark comprehensively updated its Municipal Code Title 17 zoning in 2023 (Ordinances 514 and 515), replacing reliance on the Ventura County ordinance. Table 17.20.060 names no 'data center' use. A server facility is classified into the closest listed industrial use - 'manufacturing, assembly, and product fabrication' including computers and electronics, 'warehousing,' or 'research and scientific laboratories' - each permitted by Zoning Clearance in the M-1 Industrial Park and M-2 Limited Industrial zones. New industrial construction of 50,000 square feet or greater requires a discretionary Industrial Planned Development permit with CEQA review and a public hearing; smaller buildings need an administrative permit. Unlike some California cities, Moorpark has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside the M-1 or M-2 zones, or without the required Industrial Planned Development permit, violates Title 17 and is enforced by Moorpark Code Compliance through stop-work orders and abatement.
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