Oxnard's Zoning Code has no data-center use. A data center locates in an industrial zone - C-M, BRP, M-L, M-1, or M-2 - and is classified into the nearest use on the Industrial Land Use Matrix. It is permitted by Zone Clearance, or needs a discretionary permit.
Oxnard's Zoning Code (Chapter 16) does not name 'data center' as a use. A server or computing facility is sited in the City's industrial zones - C-M, BRP, M-L, M-1, and M-2 - and classified into the closest use on the Industrial Land Use Matrix (Division 11). Warehousing, distribution, product-assembly, electronic-manufacturing, research, and industrial-office uses carry a 'P' - a Permitted Use requiring only a ministerial Zone Clearance. A facility read as a communications 'public service' use needs a Development Design Review Permit, and an energy/utility support facility needs a Special Use Permit; both are discretionary and trigger CEQA review. Oxnard has adopted no data-center ordinance and no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial zone, or without the Special Use or Design Review Permit when one is required, is a Zoning Code violation enforced through Code Enforcement stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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