The City of Ventura has no data-center ordinance and no data-center use type. Data centers locate in the M-1 limited industrial and M-2 general industrial zones, classified as Light or General Industrial - permitted by right, or by use permit if treated as a utility substation.
Ventura's Zoning Ordinance (Title 24) names no data-center use. Data centers site in the M-1 limited industrial zone (Chapter 24.260) and M-2 general industrial zone (Chapter 24.262). The Community Development Director classifies an unlisted use into the closest listed type under Chapter 24.115.130. A server building read as Light Industrial is permitted by right in both zones; General Industrial is by right in M-2 but needs a use permit in M-1; a facility treated as a Utility or Equipment Substation needs a use permit in both. A use permit under Chapter 24.520 is discretionary, triggering CEQA review and a Planning Commission hearing. Ventura has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial zone, or without a required use permit, violates the Zoning Ordinance and is enforced by Community Development through stop-work orders, civil penalties, and abatement.
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