SDMC Overlay Zone — Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Article 2: Overlay Zones Division 14: Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) §132.1401 Purpose of the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone The purpose of the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone is to provide supplemental development regulations that are tailored to specific sites within community plan areas of the City. The intent of these regulations is to ensure that development proposals are reviewed for consistency with the use and development criteria that have been adopted for specific sites as part of the community plan update process. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) §132.1402 Where the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone Applies (a) This overlay zone applies to properties that are identified in a community plan as areas requiring supplemental development regulations or processing of a development permit and that have been incorporated by ordinance into this overlay zone. Table 132-14A lists the community plan

areas in which this overlay zone has been applied and the corresponding rezone maps that indicate which properties are within the boundaries of the overlay zone. These maps are filed in the office of the City Clerk. The properties within this overlay zone are shown generally on Diagrams 132-14A through 132-14U. Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 1 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Table 132-14A Community Plans with Property in the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone Map Number Showing Community Plan Boundaries of CPIOZ Area Barrio Logan (See Diagram 132-14T) C-1018 Encanto Neighborhoods (See Diagram 132-14O) C-962 Kearny Mesa (See Diagram 132-14S) C-1011 Mid-City Eastern Area-Chollas Triangle B-4310 (See Diagram 132-14N) Midway-Pacific Highway (See Diagram 132-14D) B-4331 Mira Mesa (See Diagram 132-14U) C-1025 Mission Valley (See Diagram 132-14R) C-1026 Navajo (See Diagram 132-14E) C-954 Otay Mesa (See Diagram 132-14B) C-956, B-4300, B-4376 Pacific Beach (See Diagram 132-14F) B-37371, B-3857 Peninsula (See Diagram 132-14G) C-744, C-781 Rancho Bernardo (See Diagram 132-14H) C-773.1 Rancho Peñasquitos (See Diagram 132-14I) B-4025 Sherman Heights and Grant Hill Historic Districts B-4312 (See Diagram 132-14M) Skyline Paradise Hills (See Diagram 132-14L) B-4272 Southeastern San Diego (See Diagram 132-14P) C-961 University (See Diagram 132-14J) C-1030 Uptown (See Diagram 132-14K) C-1032

(b) Table 132-14B shows the location of the supplemental regulations and the type of permit required by this division, if any, for specific types of development proposals in this overlay zone. Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 2 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Table 132-14B Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone Applicability Type of Development Proposal Supplemental Required Development Permit Type/ Regulations Decision Process (1) Interior building improvements that do None—Exempt No permit not involve a change in use or provide from this required by additional floor area, or improvements division this division that do not require a construction permit (2) Any development within the boundaries Refer to the No permit shown on a map identified in Section applicable required by 132.1402, where the map shows community plan this division “Type A” and the proposed development complies with the development standards or criteria in the applicable community plan (3) Any development within the boundaries Refer to the Site shown on a map identified in Section applicable Development 132.1402, where the map shows community plan Permit/ “Type A” and the proposed Process Three development does not comply with the development standards or criteria in the (1) applicable community plan

(4) Any development within the boundaries Refer to the Site shown on a map identified in Section applicable Development 132.1402, where the map shows community plan Permit/ (1) “Type B” Process Three Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 3 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Footnotes for Table 132-14B 1 A development that is affordable housing, an in-fill project, and/or a sustainable building as described in Section 143.0915 may be permitted with a Neighborhood Development Permit decided in accordance with Process Two subject to Section 143.0920(d). (Amended 1-9-2001 by O-18910 N.S.; effective 8-8-2001.) (Amended 5-21-2009 by O-19857 N.S; effective 6-20-2009.) (Amended 8-4-2011 by O-20081 N.S.; effective 10-6-2011.) (Amended 6-18-2013 by O-20265 N.S.; effective 7-18-2013.) (Amended 6-18-2013 by O-20261 N.S.; effective 7-19-2013.) (Amended 4-11-2014 by O-20361 N.S.; effective 5-18-2014.) (Amended 7-28-2015 by O-20540 N.S.; effective 8-27-2015.) (Amended 12-15-2015 by O-20581 N.S.; effective 1-14-2016.) (Amended 12-16-2016 by O-20770 N.S.; effective 1-15-2017.) (Amended 9-15-2017 by O-20856 N.S.; effective 10-20-2017.) (Amended 6-29-2018 by O-20957 N.S.; effective 7-29-2018.) (Amended 10-10-2018 by O-20991 N.S.; effective 11-9-2018.) (Amended 7-9-2019 by O-21097 N.S.; effective 8-8-2019.)

[Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21097 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21097-SO.pdf ] (Amended 9-12-2019 by O-21121 N.S.; effective 10-12-2019.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21121 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21121-SO.pdf ] (Amended 10-8-2019 by O-21135 N.S.; effective 11-7-2019.) (Amended 4-9-2020 by O-21183 N.S.; effective 5-9-2020.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21183 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment.

Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21183-SO.pdf ] (Amended 6-24-2020 by O-21200 N.S.; effective 7-24-2020.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 4 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21200 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21200-SO.pdf ] (Amended 10-30-2020 by O-21254 N.S.; effective 11-29-2020.) (Amended 12-8-2020 by O-21264 N.S.; effective 1-7-2021.) (Amended 12-9-2020 by O-21273 N.S.; effective 1-8-2021.) (Amended 1-27-2022 by O-21411 N.S.; effective 2-26-2022.) (Amended 1-13-2023 by O-21593 N.S.; effective 2-12-2023.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21593 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21593-SO.pdf] (Amended 8-1-2023 by O-21709 N.S.; effective 8-31-2023.)

(Amended 9-17-2024 by O-21866 N.S.; effective 12-1-2024.) (Amended 9-17-2024 by O-21868 N.S.; effective 12-1-2024.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21868 N.S.; will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21868-SO.pdf]. (Amended 6-23-2025 by O-21975 N.S.; effective 7-23-2025.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21975 N.S.; will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21975-SO.pdf]. (Amended 1-21-2026 by O-22050 N.S.; effective 3-22-2026.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-22050 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a

Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-22050-SO.pdf ] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 5 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) §132.1403 Exception to the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone The City Manager may grant an exception to the requirements of this Division for the development that is minor, temporary, or incidental and is consistent with the intent of this Division. Exceptions made by the City Manager shall be recorded and entered in the project files prepared in the process of approving the development. (Amended 1-21-2026 by O-22050 N.S.; effective 3-22-2026.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-22050 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-22050-SO.pdf ] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 6 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14B Otay Mesa Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map Nos. B-4300, C-956, & B-4376 for illustration purposes only. (Added new Diagram 132-14B titled “Otay Mesa Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone” and amended 4-11-2014 by O-20361 N.S.; effective 5-18-14.) (Amended 6-23-2025 by O-21975 N.S.; effective 7-23-2025.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21975 N.S.; will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21975-SO.pdf]. Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 7 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14D Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. B-4331 for illustration purposes only. (Retitled from “Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone” to “Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone” and amended 10-10-2018 by O-20991 N.S.; effective 11-9-2018.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 8 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14E Navajo Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map Nos. C-954 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) (Amended 6-18-2013 by O-20265 N.S.; effective 7-18-2013.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 9 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Ûi 5 Garnet Ave. Garnet Ave. Grand Ave. Grand Ave. CPIOZ TYPE B N DIAGRAM 132-14F Pacific Beach Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map Nos. B-3737.1 & B-3857 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 10 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) t ay D r. CPIOZ TYPE B N DIAGRAM 132-14G Peninsula Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map Nos. C-744 & C-781 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 11 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) Ûi 5 a N iÛ 5 CPIOZ TYPE B DIAGRAM 132-14H Rancho Bernardo Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. C-773.1 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 12 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) CPIOZ Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone (Type B) DIAGRAM 132-14I Rancho Peñasquitos Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. B-4025 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) (Amended 6-29-2021 by O-21345 N.S.; effective 7-29-2021.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 13 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14J University Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. C-1030 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) (Amended 9-17-2024 by O-21868 N.S.; effective 12-1-2024.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21868 N.S.; will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21868-SO.pdf. Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 14 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14K Uptown Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. C-1032 for illustration purposes only. (Amended 6-29-2018 by O-20957 N.S.; effective 7-29-2018.) (Amended 9-17-2024 by O-21866 N.S.; effective 12-1-2024.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 15 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14L Skyline-Paradise Hills Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is reproduction of Map No. V-2 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 16 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14M Sherman Heights and Grant Hill Historic Districts This is a reproduction of Map No. B-4312 for illustration purposes only. (Added new Diagram 132-14M titled “Sherman Heights and Grant Hill Historic Districts” and amended 12-15-2015 by O-20581 N.S.; effective 1-14-2016.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 17 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14N Mid-City Eastern Area - Chollas Triangle Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. B-4310 for illustration purposes only. (Added 7-28-2015 by O-20540 N.S.; effective 8-27-2015.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 18 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14O Encanto Neighborhoods Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. C-962 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-15-2015 by O-20581 N.S.; effective 1-14-2016.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 19 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14P Southeastern San Diego Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map. No. C-961 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-15-2015 by O-20581 N.S.; effective 1-14-2016.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 20 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14R Mission Valley Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map No. C-1026 for illustration purposes only. (Amended 12-8-2020 by O-21264 N.S.; effective 1-7-2021.) (Amended 8-1-2023 by O-21709 N.S.; effective 8-31-2023.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 21 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14S Kearny Mesa Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map. No. C-1011 for illustration purposes only. (Added 12-9-2020 by O-21273 N.S.; effective 1-8-2021.) Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 22 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14T Barrio Logan Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map. No. C-1018 for illustration purposes only. (Added 1-27-2022 by O-21411 N.S.; effective 2-26-2022.) (Amended 7-22-2024 by O-21836 N.S.; effective 10-5-2024.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21836 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21836-SO.pdf ] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 23 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) DIAGRAM 132-14U Mira Mesa Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone This is a reproduction of Map. No. C-1025 for illustration purposes only. (Added 1-13-2023 by O-21593 N.S.; effective 2-12-2023.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21593 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21593-SO.pdf] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 24 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) §132.1404 Public Right Right-of-Way In Lieu Fee (a) Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zones may contain supplemental development regulations for public right-of-way improvements identified in a land use plan. An applicant shall pay the Public Right-of-Way in Lieu Fee if either occurs: (1) The applicant demonstrates that the construction of the public right-of-way improvements would create unsafe drainage, traffic, or pedestrian circulation conditions to the satisfaction of the City Engineer; or (2) The City Engineer, in his or her sole discretion, determines that the public right-of-way improvements would create unsafe drainage, traffic, or pedestrian circulation conditions. (b) The applicant shall pay the Public Right-of-Way in Lieu Fee to the “Public Right-of-Way in Lieu Fee Fund,” in accordance with an adopted City Council Resolution. (b) The applicant shall pay the Public Right-of-Way in Lieu Fee prior to requesting the final inspection of the first dwelling unit in the development

to the “Public Right-of-Way in Lieu Fee Fund.” (“Public Right-of-Way In Lieu Fee” added 7-22-2024 by O-21836 N.S.; effective 10-5-2024.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21836 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21836-SO.pdf ] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 25 13

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 13: Zones (3-2026) §132.1405 Conflicts between Supplemental and Base Zone Regulations If there is a conflict between the supplemental development regulations for a Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone and the development regulations of the applicable base zone, the Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone supplemental development regulation shall apply. (“Conflicts between Supplemental and Base Zone Regulations” added 7-22-2024 by O-21836 N.S.; effective 10-5-2024.) [Editors Note: Amendments as adopted by O-21836 N.S. will not apply within the Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission certifies it as a Local Coastal Program Amendment. Click the link to view the Strikeout Ordinance highlighting changes to prior language http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode_strikeout_ord/O-21836-SO.pdf ] Ch. Art. Div. 13 2 14 26 13