What are the new San Diego Regulations?
Under the new regulations, permits for granny flat construction could be issued without requiring a public hearing on units that meet certain guidelines. Proposals that didn’t meet the guidelines would require review by a hearing officer or the city Planning Commission, depending on how much they varied from the guidelines, said Betsy McCullough, the Planning Department’s deputy director. The new regulations would limit the size of granny flats to 700 square feet. They would be allowed only on lots at least twice the size required for a single family house. For example, in a community where zoning requires a minimum of 5,000 square feet for a single-family home, granny flats would be allowed only on lots of at least 10,000 square feet. In addition to the lot size, the Council added another devastating regulation. A main residence and second unit could not be built at the same time. Developers, who were having the success of offering a “granny flat” option for new homes could no longer
