The City of Rancho Cucamonga has no data-center use category in its Development Code. A data center locates in the Neo-Industrial (NI) or Industrial Employment (IE) zones, where a utility-facility classification requires a Conditional Use Permit and a pure research building is by-right.
Rancho Cucamonga's Development Code (Title 17, Ordinance 1000) does not name 'data center' in Table 17.30.030-1. Planning classifies each project into the nearest existing use. A server building running as Research and Development is permitted by right in the NI and IE zones. A facility read as a 'Utility Facility and Infrastructure-Fixed Based Structure' requires a Conditional Use Permit in both industrial zones, and a Storage Warehouse or medium distribution use also needs one. The Conditional Use Permit is discretionary, triggering CEQA review and a Planning Commission hearing. The City has adopted no data-center moratorium, unlike nearby Coachella, Indio, and Monterey Park.
Building or operating a data center outside the NI or IE zones, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Development Code violation enforced through stop-work orders, civil penalties, and abatement by Community Improvement.
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