Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — CONSTRUCTION CODES AND FIRE CODE›Chapter 8 — SYH
San Diego County Municipal Code § 8.3 Land Use Designations, Zoning and Development Regulations
San Diego County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · San Diego County
Cite as: San Diego County Municipal Code § 8.3 · Text as of 2026-10-03
8.3.1 Existing Uses¶
SYH occupies approximately 122.28 acres within the Master Plan. A clinic, located in the center of the SYH Planning Area, provides services including CalFresh applications for food stamps, Medi-Cal, senior transport, emergency food boxes, and onsite senior lunches. The Community Center currently serves over 20,000 meals per year that are provided three times per week. Approximately 34 structures ranging from 675–9,500 sf. in size are located onsite.
8.3.2 Planned Uses¶
SYH intends to stimulate economic growth and personal development in Campo by creating programs for job and vocational training, providing child daycare services and senior daycare services, conducting wellness/behavior health training, and being a resource center for the area. Other potential uses of the property include recreational facilities, expanded summer camp programs, storage to support local transportation services, and commercial uses such as a gift shop, thrift store, and laundry facility. The majority of existing buildings will be adaptively reused.
Figure 7 classifies the constraints related to the SYH Planning Area into the following five categories: no impacts, potential issues that require additional analysis, potential issues that involve higher level of analysis/difficulty, potential significant impacts, and significant impacts – no build possible. Constraints were identified from a variety of sources including available GIS files, field-verification, and surveys. Constraints such as cultural resources, archaeological resources, biological resources, vegetation, steep slopes, 100-year floodplain, and liquefaction were evaluated. Once constraints were identified, Figure 8 was developed to depict the zones governing the site.
The SYH Planning Area is divided into the following three subareas:
Table 5: SYH Planning Subareas
| No. | Planning Area | Description | Allowed Uses* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proposed Children s Activity Center | Includes, but not limited to existing baseball fields and park, and proposed childcare center and pool | Major Impact Services and Utilities (Public Park/ |
| 2 | Proposed SYH Community Services Center | Proposed SYH administrative offices and building services, community services including, but not limited to, the wellness center, drug and alcohol classes, joint- uses with MEUSD, and amenities for residents including Chaffee Park, the theater, laundromat, and small retail. | Administrative and Professional Services, Convenience Sales and Personal Services, Personal Services, Laundry Services or Personal Services, General depending on scale of services, Cultural Exhibits and Library Services, Clinic Services or Medical Services depending on number of individuals and overnight accommodations, Community Recreation or Small School depending on State license requirements, Spectator Sports (Limited), Major Impact Services and Utilities (Public Park), Medical Services, Group Care, and Building Maintenance Services. |
| 3 | Proposed Open Space | Open space areas for preservation, potential mitigation, and potential solar to support the SYH buildings | Essential Services |
* Some uses are subject to further review.
The following table identifies the planned uses/amenities proposed by SYH and how they fit within the County’s existing use types.
Table 6: SYH Proposed Uses
| Description on Map | Zoning Ordinance Use Type | Zoning Ordinance Use Type Description |
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| Table 6: SYH Proposed Uses | |||||
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| Description on Map | Zoning Ordinance Use Type | Zoning Ordinance Use Type Description | |||
| Residential Use Types: | Residential Use Types: | Residential Use Types: | |||
| Proposed Reuse Staff Cottages/ |
Family Residential | Refers to the residential occupancy of living units by families on a weekly or longer basis, including occupancy of dwelling or apartment. | |||
| Civic Use Types: | Civic Use Types: | Civic Use Types: | |||
| Proposed Reuse Joint-Use Dining Hall, Special Events, Food, and Nutrition Center | Community Recreation | Refers to recreational, social, or multi- purpose uses within buildings with no fixed seats and occupancy limited to 500 persons. | |||
| Proposed Reuse Laundromat | Laundry Services or Personal Services, General depending on scale of services | Laundry Services refers to establishments engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing services, including laundry agencies, diaper services, or linen supply services. Personal Services refers to establishments primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement and similar services of a non-professional nature but excludes services classified a Spectator Sports and Entertainment, Participant Sports and Recreation, or Transient Habitation. Typical uses include art studios, barber shops, beauty salons, photography studios, massage parlors, vocational schools, trade schools, dance studios, or reducing salons. | |||
| Proposed Adult Daycare Area and Wellness Activities | Daycare | Refers to services provided in facilities and authorized, certified or licensed by the State to provide board, room and personal care to seven (7) or more persons or dependent and neglected children in facilities authorized to provide day care services, including halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, and day care facilities serving more than 50 persons. | |||
| Proposed Reuse Children s Activity Center with Recreational Activities | Major Impact Services and Utilities (public park/ |
Refers to public or private services and utilities which have substantial impacts. Such uses may be conditionally permitted in any zone when the public interest supersedes the usual limitations placed on land use and transcends the usual restraints of zoning for reasons of necessary location and community community-wide interest. Typical places or uses are schools, sanitary landfills, public and private airports, public park/ playground/ |
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| Commercial Use Types: | Commercial Use Types: | Commercial Use Types: | |||
| Proposed Reuse Central Administration and Purchasing Area | Administrative and Professional Services | Refers to offices of private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of professional, executive, management, or administrative services, including administrative offices, legal offices, or architectural firms. | |||
| Proposed Reuse SYH Facility Maintenance Center | Building Maintenance Services | Refers to establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals, including janitorial, landscape maintenance, or window cleaning services. | |||
| Proposed Reuse Homemaker Thrift Store | Convenience Sales and Personal Services | Refers to establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed small personal items or services for residents within reasonable walking distance, including neighborhood grocery or drug stores. | |||
| Proposed Reuse Drug/ |
Clinic Services | Refers to providing non-profit medical services to persons afflicted with bodily or mental disease or injury without provision for on-site residence or confinement. | |||
| Proposed Reuse Theater | Spectator Sports (Limited) | Refers to establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of cultural, entertainment, athletic, and other events to spectators as well as those involving social or fraternal gatherings. Includes Limited (conducted within an enclosed building with a capacity of 500 people or less) and General (conducted in open facilities or within an enclosed building with a capacity of more than 500 people such as large exhibition halls or sports stadiums). | |||
| Proposed Reuse Pool | Participant Sports andRecreation (Outdoor) | Refers to establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of sports or recreation by and for participants. Any spectators would be incidental and on a nonrecurring basis. Includes indoor (conducted within an enclosed building, such as bowling alleys or billiard parlors) and outdoor use types (conducted in open facilities, including golf courses, athletic facilities, carnival facilities, sports fields, health clubs, and spas, swimming beaches, swimming pools, and nudist facilities). |
| Table 6: SYH Proposed Uses | |||||
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| Proposed Reuse Pool | Participant Sports andRecreation (Outdoor) | Refers to establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of sports or recreation by and for participants. Any spectators would be incidental and on a nonrecurring basis. Includes indoor (conducted within an enclosed building, such as bowling alleys or billiard parlors) and outdoor use types (conducted in open facilities, including golf courses, athletic facilities, carnival facilities, sports fields, health clubs, and spas, swimming beaches, swimming pools, and nudist facilities). | Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous |
| Proposed Open Space | Set aside as a subarea within plan | ||||
| Proposed Parking | Accessory Use | ||||
| Proposed Well and Pump House Proposed Solar | Accessory Use to commercial or Essential Services depending on size of facility |
FIGURE 7 SYH CONSTRAINTS
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FIGURE 8 SYH ZONES
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8.3.3 Proposed Zoning¶
The following “Zoning Box” shall apply to the planned uses within the SYH Planning Area. Please refer to Section 4000 to 4920 of the Zoning Ordinance for specific details regarding development regulations.
Table 7: SYH Zone Box
Table 7: SYH Zone Box
| USE REGULATIONS | USE REGULATIONS | Camp Lockett 1 (CL-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Density: | - |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Minimum Lot Size | - |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Building Type | L (allows all building types) |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Maximum Floor Area Ratio | - |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Floor Area Ratio | - |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Height | G (35’) |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Lot Coverage | - |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Setback | V |
| DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | Open Space | - |
| SPECIAL AREA REGULATIONS | SPECIAL AREA REGULATIONS | H (Historic) |
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