Rancho Cordova has no data-center ordinance and no named data-center use. Data centers locate in the city's M-1 light-industrial and M-2 heavy-industrial base zones, classified by similar-use determination into research and development, manufacturing, warehouse, or utility categories - permitted by right in most cases.
Rancho Cordova's own Title 23 Zoning Code, not Sacramento County's rules, governs siting. Table 23.316-1 sets allowed uses for the General Commercial (GC), Light Industrial (M-1), and Heavy Industrial (M-2) zones. No "data center" use is listed, so the Planning Department classifies each project through a similar-use determination (Chapter 23.122) and the industrial classification equivalency (Chapter 23.328). A server building fits Research and Development - permitted by right in M-1 and M-2 - or Utility Facilities and Infrastructure, also by right. A power-and-cooling operation classed as Major Manufacturing needs a Limited Use Permit in M-1. Discretionary permits trigger CEQA review.
Building or operating a data center outside an M-1 or M-2 zone, or without a required Limited or Conditional Use Permit, is a Title 23 zoning violation enforced by city Code Enforcement through stop-work orders and abatement.
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