The Land Development Code (LDC) contains regulations for the development and use of property, including zoning, subdivisions and other related land use activities. The City Planning Department monitors and continually updates the code to simplify and streamline the permitting processes, assure compliance with state and federal regulations, eliminate unnecessary barriers, redundancies and contradictions, and the code with the City's climate, equity, and housing goals.

For questions about LDC updates, please email developmentcode@sandiego.gov.

2025 Land Development Code Update

The 2025 LDC Update is currently in the drafting phase. Please sign up for updates below to be notified when draft documents are released, and public workshops are scheduled. 

Public Outreach

Office Hours

The City Planning Department hosted in-person and virtual office hours on August  20 and 22, 2024, for the 2025 LDC Update. These office hours allowed participants to meet with staff to discuss their potential code update submissions and ask questions about the LDC Update process.

2024 Land Development Code Update

The 2024 LDC Update contains 99 amendments. There are 72 Citywide amendments and 27 Downtown amendments. 

2024 Citywide Amendments

2024 LDC Update - Citywide List 

2024 LDC Update - Citywide Code Language

2024 Downtown Amendments

2024 LDC Update - Downtown List

2024 LDC Update - Downtown Code Language 

The City Council approved the 2024 LDC Update on July 1, 2024

Effective Date outside the Coastal Zone: October 5, 2024

Effective Date within the Coastal Zone: TBD

Public Hearings

City Council Meeting  

On July 1, 2024, the City Council voted unanimously (8-0-1) to recommend approval of the proposed 2024 Update to the San Diego Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program and a Public-Right-of-Way in Lieu Resolution.

• City Council Meeting Agenda 

• City Council Staff Report 

• City Council PowerPoint 

Land Use and Housing Committee Meeting 

On May 17, 2024, the Land Use and Housing Committee voted unanimously (4-0-0) to recommend approval of the proposed 2024 Update to the San Diego Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program with the revisions included in the memorandum dated May 16, 2024, presented by staff.

• Land Use and Housing Committee Agenda 
• Land Use and Housing Committee Staff Report 
• Land Use and Housing Committee PowerPoint 

Planning Commission 

On April 30, 2024, the Planning Commission voted unanimously (5-0-1) to recommend to the City Council approval of the proposed 2024 Update to the San Diego Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program and recommend to the City Council approval of staff’s amendments in the memo dated April 29, 2024, presented by staff and the City Attorney's language on item 48 (Consolidating of Processing).

• Planning Commission Agenda
• Planning Commission Report 
  • Attachments 1-7
• Planning Commission PowerPoint

Public Outreach

Public Comments on the Draft Documents 

A comment portal was made available to invite the public to comment on the draft documents for the 2024 LDC Update. The comment portal is now closed. Public comments, questions, and corresponding responses can be found here.

We continue to value input. If you missed the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft documents through the comment portal, please email the LDC team at developmentcode@sandiego.gov. Please note that any comments and questions emailed to the team will not be uploaded online.

Public Workshops 

Two public workshops, with identical information presented at both, were held in February and March to gather input and answer questions on the 2024 LDC Update.

• Workshop - Virtual

        Thursday, February 29, 2024

        2024 LDC Update Virtual Workshop PowerPoint 02/29/24

        Virtual Workshop Recording (passcode: ^$E6sKej)  

• Workshop - In Person    

         Monday, March 11, 2024

         2024 LDC Update In-Person Workshop PowerPoint 03/11/24

Current Single-Issue Updates

The Housing Policy team processes single-issue updates and amendments to the LDC as needed. For various reasons, including time sensitivity and/or complexity, single-issue updates may be processed separately from a comprehensive code update.

There are no single-issue LDC updates currently being processed. 

Planning for the Next LDC Update

If you want to submit a code amendment request for the 2026 LDC Update, the submission portal is open until August 15, 2025. Please visit the Code Update Request webpage to submit your idea.