The City of Moreno Valley has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the industrial districts - Business Park, Light Industrial, and Industrial - permitted by right as manufacturing, distribution, or warehouse uses, with a conditional use permit required within 300 feet of homes.
Moreno Valley's Zoning Code (Municipal Code Title 9) does not name "data center" as a use. A data center is sited in the city's industrial districts - Business Park (BP), Light Industrial (LI), and Industrial (I) - and classified into the closest use in Permitted Uses Table 9.02.020-1, such as manufacturing, distribution center, or warehouse. Those uses are permitted by right subject to zoning standards, but a use located 300 feet or less from a residential zone or use requires a conditional use permit, triggering CEQA review and a public hearing. Unlike Riverside County, the city has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without the conditional use permit when one is required, is a Zoning Code violation enforced by Code Compliance through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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