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Division 1 — General Provisions and Definitions

§97.0103 Definitions

San Diego Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · San Diego

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this article shall have the following meanings:

  • (a) “Bonds” means the bonds, notes, certificates, debentures and other obligations authorized to be issued by the City pursuant to this article and payable as provided in this article.

  • (b) “City” means the City of San Diego.

  • (c) “Cost” means the total of all costs incurred by or on behalf of a Participating Party to carry out all works and undertakings and to obtain all rights and powers necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, installation, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of Facilities. “Cost” may include all costs of issuance of bonds for such purposes, costs for construction undertaken by a Participating Party as its own contractor, amounts equal to interest on the bonds prior to, during, and for a reasonable period following construction of Facilities, reserves for debt service and for repairs, replacements, additions and improvements to a Facility, and other working capital incident to the operation of a Facility.

  • (d) “Council” means the City Council of The City of San Diego.

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  • (e) “Facilities” means any of the properties, places or buildings within the City which are, or will be, maintained and operated for industrial, commercial or business purposes, conform to the general plan of the City and are approved by the City for the financing authorized by this article, such approval being given only when the City finds and determines that such financing will substantially promote one or more of the public purposes listed in Section 97.0102.

“Facilities” additionally means any of properties, places or buildings without the City which constitute “dock and wharf facilities” as defined in Section 103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and which are found and determined by the City to substantially promote one or more of the public purposes listed in Section 97.0102.

“Facilities” may include, but are not limited to, any activities which may otherwise be financed pursuant to the California Industrial Development Financing Act (Government Code Section 91500 et seq.) to the extent said Act permits the financing of such activity under alternative authority. “Facilities” include, without limitation, real and personal property, land, buildings, structures, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment and all such property related to or required or useful for the operation of a Facility. Facilities do not include any property, place or building used or to be used primarily for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for devotional activities or religious worship.

  • (f) “Participating Party” means any individual, association, corporation, partnership or other entity which is approved by the City to undertake the financing of the Costs of a Facility for which this article authorizes the issuance of the Bonds.

  • (g) “Revenues” means amounts received by the City as payments of principal, interest, and all other charges with respect to a loan authorized by this article, as payments under a lease, sublease or sale agreement with respect to Facilities, as proceeds received by the City from mortgage, hazard or other insurance on or with respect to such a loan (or any property securing such loan), lease, sublease or sale agreement, all other rents, charges, fees, income and receipts derived by the City from the financing of Facilities authorized by this article, any amounts received by the City as investment earnings on moneys deposited in any fund securing the Bonds, and such other legally available moneys as the Council may, in its discretion, lawfully designate as Revenues.

(Amended 11–30–1981 by O–15620 N.S.)

Ch. Art. Div. 9 7 1 3

Ch. Art. Div. 9 7 1 4

San Diego Municipal Code

Chapter 9: Building, Housing and Sign Regulations

(6-2000)

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  1. Chapter 9
  2. Division 2 — House Numbers
  3. Division 3 — Advertising Displays Adjacent to Scenic Freeways,…
  4. Division 1 — General Provisions and Definitions
  5. Division 2 — Financing Facilities
  6. Division 3 — Bonds
  7. Division 1 — Housing Code
  8. Division 2 — Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks
  9. Division 3 — San Diego Housing Commission
  10. Division 4 — Interim School Facilities Financing Ordinance
  11. Division 6 — Housing Impact Fees On Commercial Development
  12. Division 7 — Residential Tenant Protections
  13. Division 8 — Prohibition of Discrimination Based on a Tenant’s…
  14. Division 9 — Notice of Tenant’s Right to Operate a Daycare Home
  15. Division 10 — Affordable Housing Preservation
  16. Division 11 — Prohibition of Anti-Competitive Automated Rent P…
  17. Division 12 — Residential Tenant Utility Fees
  18. Division 1 — In General
  19. Division 2 — Responsibilities of City Council
  20. Division 3 — Administration of Program
  21. Division 5 — Designation of Residential Rehabilitation Areas a…
  22. Division 6 — Limitations on Amount of Loan
  23. Division 7 — Terms of Conventional RAP Loans
  24. Division 9 — Miscellaneous Provisions
  25. Division 19.7 — The Centre City Planned District
  26. Division 19.8 — The Centre City Planned District
  27. Division 2 — Land Development Authorities and Advisory Boards
  28. Division 2 — Fees and Deposits
  29. Division 3 — Notice
  30. Division 4 — Public Hearings
  31. Division 5 — Decision Process
  32. Division 1 — Definitions
  33. Division 2 — Rules for Calculation and Measurement
  34. Division 2 — Enforcement Authorities For the Land Development …
  35. Division 4 — Procedures For Abatement of Unsafe, Dangerous,
  36. Division 1 — Adoption And Amendment Procedures for Land Use Pl…
  37. Division 1 — Zoning and Rezoning Procedures
  38. Division 3 — Zoning Use Certificate Procedures
  39. Division 5 — Residential High Occupancy Permit
  40. Division 6 — Mobile Food Truck Permit
  41. Division 1 — General Subdivision Procedures
  42. Division 2 — Certificate of Compliance
  43. Division 4 — Tentative Maps (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.)
  44. Division 5 — Parcel Maps (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; eff…
  45. Division 6 — Final Maps
  46. Division 7 — Merger of Parcels (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S…
  47. Division 8 — Reversion to Acreage
  48. Division 9 — Public Right-of-Way Vacations
  49. Division 10 — Easement Vacations
  50. Division 3 — Conditional Use Permit Procedures
  51. Division 4 — Neighborhood Development Permit Procedures (Added…
  52. Division 5 — Site Development Permit Procedures
  53. Division 6 — Planned Development Permit Procedures (Added 12-9…
  54. Division 8 — Variance Procedures
  55. Division 1 — General Review Procedures for Previously Conformi…
  56. Division 2 — Review Procedures for Previously Conforming Signs
  57. Division 1 — General Procedures and Authorities for Implementa…
  58. Division 2 — Procedures for Determination of
  59. Division 3 — Procedures for Preparation and Review of Environm…
  60. Division 1 — General Construction Permit Authority and Procedu…
  61. Division 2 — Building Permit Procedures
  62. Division 3 — Electrical Permit Procedures (Added 12-9-1997 by …
  63. Division 4 — Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Procedures
  64. Division 6 — Grading Permit Procedures (Added 12-9-1997 by O-1…
  65. Division 7 — Public Right-of-Way Permits
  66. Division 9 — Fire Permit Procedures
  67. Division 4 — Residential Base Zones
  68. Division 5 — Commercial Base Zones
  69. Division 6 — Industrial Base Zones
  70. Division 7 — Mixed-Use Base Zones
  71. Division 2 — Airport Approach Overlay Zone
  72. Division 3 — Airport Environs Overlay Zone
  73. Division 6 — Sensitive Coastal Overlay Zone
  74. Division 7 — Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone (Added 12-9-1997 by …
  75. Division 8 — Parking Impact Overlay Zone
  76. Division 9 — Residential Tandem Parking Overlay Zone
  77. Division 10 — Transit Area Overlay Zone
  78. Division 11 — Urban Village Overlay Zone
  79. Division 12 — Mission Trails Design District
  80. Division 13 — Clairemont Height Limit Overlay Zone
  81. Division 15 — Airport Land Use Compatibility Overlay Zone
  82. Division 16 — Community Enhancement Overlay Zone

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