San Diego County · Zoning setbacks
City of San Diego setback requirements
This table is transcribed from the adopted code and printed on every export with its citation — but the envelope is drawn only after a table passes independent review, and City of San Diego’s has not yet. Until it does, the export carries the numbers and says plainly that they are unverified.
The envelope
What the numbers below make on the ground. Shown for the first district in the table; the rest follow the same geometry at their own dimensions.
Zone RS-1-1 — dashed: cited on the export, not yet drawn.
- Front
- 25′
- Side
- 10′
- Rear
- 25′
The hatched band is the yard — ground the code gives up. Drawn not to scale: the yards are proportional to each other, so the deepest one fills the band and the rest follow. The dimensions carry the real numbers, and the export draws them on the actual parcel outline.
City of San Diego setbacks by district
Every row is produced by the same function the exporter calls, so this page cannot drift from what the drawing gets. The citation under each row is what prints on the sheet.
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-1: front 25 ft, interior side 10 ft, rear 25 ft; street side 10 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-4: front 20 ft, interior side 6 ft, rear 20 ft; street side 6 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-7: front 15 ft, interior side 4 ft, rear 13 ft; street side 5 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-14: front 15 ft, interior side 4 ft, rear 10 ft; street side 10 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04G, zone RM-1-1: front 20 ft, interior side 8 ft, rear 15 ft; street side 10 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Standard yards; reducible to 15 ft front / 5 ft side per §131.0443. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04G, zone RM-2-5: front 20 ft, interior side 5 ft, rear 15 ft; street side 10 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Standard front 20 ft; reducible to 15 ft per §131.0443. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04G, zone RM-3-7: front 20 ft, interior side 5 ft, rear 5 ft; street side 10 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Standard front 20 ft; reducible to 10 ft per §131.0443. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04E, zone RX-1-2: front 15 ft, interior side 3 ft, rear 10 ft; street side 3 ft (corner lots, not drawn). Lot-line measured. Interior side 3 ft detached, 0 ft attached. Overlay zones (coastal, height limit) and §131.0443 conditions may modify. Verify via San Diego DSD (ZAPP).
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City of San Diego setback FAQ
What are the residential setbacks in City of San Diego?
In RS-1-1 the code sets a 25 ft front yard, 10 ft sides, and a 25 ft rear yard. The full table is below, transcribed from San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-1 with the citation attached to every row. This table is captured and cited on the export, but it has not yet passed independent review — so Lekua prints the code-cited values with an explicit “unverified” advisory rather than drawing lines it can’t stand behind.
Does Lekua draw the setback envelope for City of San Diego?
Not yet. The table is encoded and every export carries the code-cited numbers and the citation, but the envelope is only drawn once a table passes independent review. Until then the export says so in plain words instead of drawing a line that might be wrong.
Where do these City of San Diego setback numbers come from?
They are transcribed from the adopted code — San Diego MC §131.0431 Table 131-04D, zone RS-1-1 — and this page renders them by calling the same function the exporter calls, so what you see here is what the drawing gets. Zoning changes; verify against the current code and with the planning department before submittal.
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