Turlock has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use classification. Server facilities go in the I-BP Business Park and I General Industrial districts, where the closest listed uses each require a discretionary permit rather than by-right approval.
Turlock Municipal Code Section 9-3-402 sets the use schedule for the I-BP and I industrial districts and never names data centers. Development Services classifies a server facility into the nearest listed use: communications facilities (Minor Discretionary Permit in both districts), research and development services (MDP), limited industry (MDP), or major utilities (Conditional Use Permit in I-BP, MDP in I). Uses absent from the schedule need a conditional use permit. Every path is discretionary, so CEQA review attaches, and projects adding 5,000 square feet also trigger design review under Chapter 9-5, Article 10. Stanislaus County permits data centers by right in its M district; Turlock does not.
Building or operating a data center without the required Minor Discretionary Permit or conditional use permit violates Title 9 and is enforced by Turlock Development Services through stop-work orders, permit revocation, and nuisance abatement.
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