The City of Salinas has its own Zoning Code and no data-center use category. Data centers locate in the IGC, IBP, and IG industrial districts, classified as an industrial or research use needing Site Plan Review, or a Conditional Use Permit if a major telecommunications or utility use.
Salinas Municipal Code Chapter 37 does not name 'data center' as a use in Table 37-30.130. A data center is sited in the city's industrial districts - IGC, IBP, and IG - and classified into the closest listed use. As Industry-General, Industry-Limited, or Research and Development Services, it needs administrative Site Plan Review; Industry-General is allowed only in the IG district. If it functions as a Major Telecommunications Facility or Major Utility, a discretionary Conditional Use Permit is required in all three districts, triggering CEQA review and a Planning Commission hearing. Industrial buildings have no height limit and a 0.40-0.50 floor area ratio. Salinas has adopted no data-center ordinance and no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without the required Site Plan Review or Conditional Use Permit, is a Zoning Code violation enforced by Code Enforcement through stop-work orders, citations, and abatement.
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