Shasta County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is treated as an industrial use and belongs in the Light Industrial (M-L) or General Industrial (M) district, where "data processing or computer services" is a permitted use. Redding, Anderson, and Shasta Lake set their own zoning.
Shasta County does not name data centers in its Zoning Code (Title 17). A server facility fits the M-L Light Industrial district under Section 17.56.020(A)(7), which permits "data processing or computer services" outright if conducted within a building, and the same use is allowed in the General Industrial (M) district. M-L standards (Section 17.56.050) require a 20,000-square-foot minimum lot, a 10-foot front yard, and 20-foot side and rear yards where the site abuts a residential district, with a 45-foot height limit. A building permit and site development plan are required; a larger facility needing a use permit, or any discretionary approval, triggers CEQA review of power, water, and noise. Title 17 governs unincorporated land only.
Building a data center outside an M-L or M district, or without the required building permit, site plan, or use permit, is a zoning violation. Planning can withhold permits, issue stop-work orders, and require rezoning or permitting before construction proceeds.
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