Determining a Lot
San Diego Municipal Code § 113.0237
in effect§113.0237 Determining a Lot
(a) A lot is legal for purposes of development if it meets any one of the following criteria:
(1) The lot is an individual parcel designated with a number or letter on a final map or parcel map recorded with the County Recorder, a record of survey map approved by resolution of the City Council and recorded with the County Recorder after December 5, 1954, or a division plat approved by and filed with the Development Services Department; or
(2) The lot has been officially determined as a suitable building site or approved for development under the Land Development Code; or
(3) The lot was created before March 4, 1972 as a result of a boundary adjustment between two adjoining lot owners wherein the land was taken from one parcel and added to the adjoining parcel and no new lots were thereby created; or
(4) The lot was created before March 4, 1972, held as a separate parcel by a subsequent purchaser, and has at least 15 feet of street frontage or other legal access to a dedicated street as approved by the City Engineer; or
(5) The lot was held as a separate legal parcel upon annexation to the City of San Diego; or
(6) The lot consists of two or more parcels held by the same record owner that otherwise meet the requirements of Section 113.0237(a)(1), that are tied together through a recorded Lot Tie Agreement between the record owner and the City in accordance with Section 129.0120.
(b) Any lot or parcel that does not comply with the minimum lot area or required lot dimensions may nevertheless be used in compliance with the applicable zone if the lot is a legal lot as determined by Section 113.0237(a).
(c) A Certificate of Compliance may be requested in accordance with Section 125.0210 to certify that a lot is legal for development.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)
(Amended 11-13-2008 by O-19801 N.S.; effective 12-13-2008.)
(Amended 6-18-2013 by O-20261 N.S.; effective 7-19-2013.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter11/Ch11Art03Division02.pdf#page=23Fetched: 10/28/2026