West Covina, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Zone
- M-1 Manufacturing
- Industrial use permit
- Administrative Permit (AP)
- Utility-classified
- Conditional Use Permit
- Review
- CEQA + discretionary
Summary
West Covina has no data-center use category. A data center sites in the M-1 Manufacturing zone as an industrial and manufacturing use, requiring an Administrative Permit under the 2024 Development Code - not by-right. A utility-classified facility needs a Conditional Use Permit.
The purpose of the manufacturing zone is to classify and set standards for those industrial and incidental commercial facilities which are of moderate to heavy intensity and have no objectionable or obnoxious effect on any adjacent property.
Full Breakdown
West Covina's Development Code, adopted by Ordinance 2525 and effective March 2024, does not name "data center" as a use. A data center falls under "Industrial and Manufacturing uses" in Table 2-13, allowed only in the M-1 Manufacturing zone and requiring an Administrative Permit (AP) - a staff-level discretionary approval, not by-right. If classified as a public utility station, it instead requires a Conditional Use Permit, allowed in every zone. Either approval is discretionary and triggers CEQA review. The M-1 zone (Sec. 26-50(e)) is reserved for moderate-to-heavy industrial facilities with no obnoxious effect on adjacent property. West Covina has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Violations & Fines
Operating a data center outside the M-1 zone, or without the required Administrative Permit or Conditional Use Permit, is a Development Code violation enforced by West Covina Community Development through code enforcement, stop-work orders, and abatement.
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