The City of Sacramento has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the M-1 light-industrial and M-2 heavy-industrial zones under Title 17, classified as "Manufacturing, service, and repair" - permitted by right, or by conditional use permit with CEQA review when discretionary.
Sacramento's Planning and Development Code (City Code Title 17) does not name "data center" as a use. A server facility is classified into the nearest existing category in the M-1 or M-2 industrial use tables, such as "Manufacturing, service, and repair," permitted by right when sited more than half a mile from a light-rail station platform, otherwise requiring a conditional use permit. A facility classed as a telecommunications facility follows special use regulations in section 17.228.300. Discretionary permits trigger CEQA review and a Planning and Design Commission hearing. Sacramento has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside a zone that permits it, or without a required conditional use permit, is a Title 17 zoning violation enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, penalties, and abatement.
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