Tulare County has no dedicated data center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is an industrial use, sited in the M-1 or M-2 manufacturing zone under Zoning Ordinance No. 352, subject to Site Plan Review and CEQA. Cities like Visalia, Tulare, and Porterville set their own zoning.
Unincorporated Tulare County regulates data centers through its general Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 352), not a data-center chapter. A server or computing facility is an industrial use, permitted in the M-1 zone (Chapter 3, Section 13) and the M-2 zone (Section 14); M-1 already lists assembly of computers and business machines and public utility structures among allowed uses. Development requires Site Plan Review by the Planning Commission (Section 16.2), and a use the Director cannot match to a listed use needs a Special Use Permit (Section 16). Because these are discretionary approvals, CEQA review applies. Buildings top out at six stories or 75 feet, with a 6-foot screen wall where the site adjoins a residential zone.
Building or expanding a data center in unincorporated Tulare County without Site Plan Review, a required Special Use Permit, or CEQA clearance stalls approval and draws county code enforcement until the project conforms.
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