San Diego Municipal Code Div. 1 General Rules

(“General Rules” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.)

It is the purpose of these regulations to provide reasonable restrictions on the construction or alteration of residential and commercial developments related to the small-lot size and the urbanization pattern of the Mission Beach community. The intent is to implement the adopted Mission Beach Precise Plan. (“Purpose and Intent” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.; effective 4-26-2007.)

The regulations which follow shall apply in the Mission Beach Planned District. The boundaries of the Mission Beach Precise Plan Area in the City of San Diego, California, are designated on Map Drawing No. C-637.1. (Described in the appended boundary description, filed in the office of the City Clerk under Document No. 768482.) The Mission Beach Planned District is generally bounded by Pacific Beach Drive on the north, Mission Bay Park on the east, the San Diego River Flood Control Channel on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. (“Boundaries” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.; effective 4-26-2007.)

Where not otherwise specified in the Mission Beach Planned District Ordinance, the following provisions of the Land Development Code apply:

Chapter 11 (Land Development Procedures) except Article 3, Division 4,
Section 113.0222 (Calculating Density);

Chapter 12 (Land Development Reviews) except Article 6, Division 6
(Planned Development Permit Procedures) and Article 6, Division 4, Sections
126.0402(a)(4) and 126.0402(g) (When a Neighborhood Development Permit
is Required);

Chapter 13 (Zones);
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Chapter 14, Article 1 (Separately Regulated Use Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 1 (Grading Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 2 (Drainage Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 5 (Parking Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 6 (Public Facility Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 2, Division 8 (Refuse and Recyclable Materials Storage Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 3 (Supplemental Development Regulations) except Division 4, (Planned Development Permit Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 4 (Subdivision Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 5 (Building Regulations);

Chapter 14, Article 6 (Electrical Regulations); and

Chapter 14, Article 7 (Plumbing and Mechanical Regulations)

Where there is a conflict between the Land Development Code and the Mission Beach Planned District Ordinance, the Planned District Ordinance applies. (“Applicable Regulations” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.; effective 4-26-2007.) (Amended 10-18-2010 by O-19999 N.S.; effective 8-9-2012.) (Amended 6-26-2012 by O-20175 N.S.; effective 8-9-2012.)

(a) The following ordinances of the City of San Diego which zoned or rezoned all of that area within the boundaries of the Mission Beach Planned District, as shown on Zone Map Drawing No. C-637, filed in the office of the City Clerk as Document No. 765389, are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict with this Article.

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(b) The area, described in the boundary description on file in the office of the
City Clerk as Document No. 765388, in the City of San Diego, California,
within the boundaries of the Mission Beach Planned District, together with
designated subdistricts on Zone Map Drawing No. C-637, filed in the office of
the City Clerk as Document No. 765389, are hereby incorporated in the
Mission Beach Planned District Ordinance as such district, together with its
various subdistricts, as described by Chapter 15, Article 13 of the San Diego
Municipal Code.
(“Severability” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.; effective 4-26-2007.)
(Retitled to“Ordinance History and Community Boundary“and amended 10-18-2010
by O-19999 N.S.; effective 8-9-2012.)

It is the purpose of Section 1513.0105 to provide clear and concise definitions of those words, terms and phrases which apply only to the Mission Beach Planned District area.

The definitions in Land Development Code Section 113.0103 shall apply unless they
conflict with the definitions set forth in this Planned District Ordinance, in which case
the definitions in the Planned District Ordinance shall apply.

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Balcony, Exterior - A roofed or unroofed platform, enclosed by a railing or parapet,
projecting from an exterior wall of a building. When a balcony is roofed and has less
than 40 percent of its vertical surface permanently open, it is considered to be part of
the room or interior area it serves and is included in computations of gross floor area.
When a portion of a roof is enclosed by a railing, said area shall be defined as a porch
or terrace.

Corner Lot, Mission Beach - Any lot situated at the intersection of 2 or more streets,
courts, places, walks, or alleys, which have an angle of intersection, measured within
said lot, of not more than 135 degrees.

Court - Any named pedestrian way having no motorized vehicular access dedicated
for the primary use of pedestrians as a means of access to abutting properties.

Dormer - Dormer means an enclosed roofed structure projecting from a sloping roof
that is no more than 10 feet in width measured on the exterior frame. A dormer may
or may not include a window or ventilating louver.

Gross Floor Area – The total horizontal area, expressed in square feet, of all the
floors of a building included within the surrounding walls. For calculating gross floor
area, an exterior wall thickness of 6 inches shall be used. Gross floor area shall
include:

(a) Enclosed exterior stairwells (excluding the enclosed area under any
stairwell from the ground to the second floor only), aboveground
parking structures and exterior elevator shafts.

(b) The floor area of mezzanines and other similar interior balconies.

(c) Exterior balconies, entrances, porches, canopies, rigid awnings, stoops, openly supported terraces, openly supported stairways, and sun baffles or shades which are constructed and maintained with less than 40 percent of the vertical surface permanently open.

(d) Carports, unless constructed and maintained with less than two
elevations (walls) that are at least 75 percent completely open (see
Diagram 113.02M in Section 113.0234(a)(6) of the Land Development
Code).

Lot Coverage - Lot coverage is that portion of the area of a lot, expressed as a
percentage, occupied by all buildings or structures which are roofed or otherwise
covered and which extend more than 3 feet above grade level provided, however, that
the following shall be exempted:

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(a) Exterior balconies, entrances, canopies, rigid awnings, stoops, openly
supported terraces, openly supported exterior stairways and sun baffles or
shades provided they:

(1) Do not encroach into required yards;
(2) Do not project more than 6 feet from the supporting structures;
(3) Are constructed and maintained with not less than 40 percent of the
vertical surface permanently open except for those walls which are
used in common with the building.

(b) Roofed areas enclosed by no more than 3 exterior walls of a building which
provide shelter to exterior balconies, entrances, stoops, terraces, and exterior
stairways.

(c) Cornices and eaves.

(d) Those portions of a structure lying partially above grade but not exceeding 3
feet above grade. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior
faces of walls, including those structural and architectural appendages as
defined and set forth herein.

Place - Any named vehicular way, also having pedestrian access, dedicated for the
primary use of vehicles and pedestrians.

Standard Setback – The required distance inward from and perpendicular to a
property line at or behind which all structures must be located. Setbacks allowed as
exceptions are not standard setbacks.

Subdistrict - A portion of the territory within the boundaries of the Mission Beach
Planned District within which certain regulations and requirements apply under the
provisions of the Planned District Ordinance Regulations.

Walk, Bayside and Ocean Front - Any public way immediately adjacent to the ocean in the case of an Ocean Front Walk and the bay in the case of a Bayside Walk, dedicated for the primary use of pedestrians and bicycles.

Yard, Bayfront, Ocean Front, Court, Place, and Mission Boulevard - That open,
unoccupied space extending across the lot and measured inward, perpendicularly,
from the property line adjacent to either Bayside Walk, Ocean Front Walk, Public
Beach, Court, Place and/or Mission Boulevard and parallel thereto for a distance
specified in this Planned District Ordinance.
(“Definitions - Purpose and Intent” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.;
effective 4-26-2007.)
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Article 13: Mission Beach Planned District

(“Mission Beach Planned District” added 3-27-2007 by O-19589 N.S.)