Newport Beach has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. The city's only industrial district, IG, permits industrial and communication uses. A data center is unlisted, so the Community Development Director classifies it into the nearest use — a Communication Facility needing a Minor Use Permit.
Newport Beach is a coastal, largely residential and commercial city with one industrial district: IG (General Industrial), zoned for moderate-to-low intensity light manufacturing and research and development. Title 20 Table 2-12 names no "data center." A Communication Facility needs a Minor Use Permit under Section 20.48.160; Major Utilities need a Conditional Use Permit. Because the use is unlisted, the Community Development Director classifies a data center into the nearest category under Section 20.12.020, which sets the permit level. A discretionary Minor or Conditional Use Permit triggers CEQA review. A Coastal Development Permit under Title 21 applies only where a site sits in the Coastal Zone.
Building or operating a data center outside the IG district, or without the Minor or Conditional Use Permit the city requires, is a Title 20 zoning violation enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, citations, and abatement.
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