No Permission to Violate Codes
San Diego Municipal Code § 121.0308
in effect§121.0308 No Permission to Violate Codes
(a) The issuance or granting of any development permit or construction permit or any plan, specifications, computations, or inspection approval does not constitute a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of the Land Development Code, including the San Diego Fire Code and the Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Residential Building, Green Building, or Existing Building Regulations, or any other ordinance of the City. Development permits, construction permits, or inspections presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the Land Development Code, San Diego Fire Code, Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Residential Building, Green Building, Existing Building Regulations, or other ordinances of the City are not valid.
(b) The issuance of a development permit or construction permit based on plans, specifications, and other data does not prevent the City Manager from subsequently requiring the correction of errors in the plans, specifications, and other data or the Building Official from stopping building operations that are in violation of the Land Development Code or any other applicable law.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)
(Amended 6-18-2013 by O-20261 N.S.; effective 7-19-2013.)
(Amended 1-18-2018 by O-20897 N.S.; effective 2-17-2018.)
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/MuniCodeChapter12/Ch12Art01Division03.pdf#page=3Fetched: 10/28/2026