Oceanside has no data-center use category. A data center sites in the IL, IG, or IP industrial districts as a Communication Facility, permitted by right. A Conditional Use Permit applies only if it includes an electrical substation or switching building under Regulation L-9.
The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Article 13) does not name "data center." Development Services classifies a server facility into the nearest listed use. Communication Facilities are permitted by right (P) in all three industrial districts - IL, IG, and IP - so a data center locating there needs only a ministerial development plan review under Section 1340. Additional Use Regulation L-9 requires a Conditional Use Permit for generating plants, electrical substations, or switching buildings, so a power-heavy facility with its own substation triggers a discretionary hearing and CEQA review. Unlike San Diego County, which mandates a Major Use Permit for large data centers, Oceanside permits most by right.
Operating a data center outside the IL, IG, or IP districts, or without the Conditional Use Permit that Regulation L-9 requires for an on-site substation or switching building, is a zoning violation enforced by Code Enforcement.
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