San Leandro has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. A server or colocation facility is classified by the Zoning Enforcement Official into the closest industrial use - Communications Facilities, Industry, or Utilities (Major) - in the IG, IL, IP, and IT industrial districts.
San Leandro's Zoning Code (Chapter 2.12) does not name "data center." A data center is placed in the City's industrial districts - IG, IL, IP, and IT - and classified into the nearest listed use. A facility resembling a telephone switching center falls under Communications Facilities, permitted by right; one treated as Industry (Limited, General, or Research and Development) is also permitted by right. A facility classified as Utilities, Major requires a Conditional Use Permit, which triggers CEQA review and a Planning Commission hearing. New or expanded warehouse buildings over 10,000 square feet also require a Conditional Use Permit. San Leandro has adopted no moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, or without a required Conditional Use Permit, is a Zoning Code violation enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, permit revocation, and nuisance abatement.
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