As published by the San Diego Union Tribune 08/17/2025: It’s time for San Diego’s giant batch of development rule changes — more than 140 this year. Here are the highlights.
San Diego is proposing looser rules for sidewalk cafes in Old Town, housing developments near MCAS Miramar, after-school child care facilities and mixed-use housing projects that include churches.
The proposals — part of a sprawling annual update to city land rules — would also increase code violation fines for the first time since 2017, ban storage facilities in City Heights and soften how dense housing impacts neighborhoods.
Other proposals include raising fines for violating vacation rental rules, strengthening a ban on cannabis outlets using leaf images in their signage and making several changes to the city’s Complete Communities housing development incentive.
The proposals would change the controversial incentive by adding for-sale housing as an option, encouraging larger units by amending a fee waiver and toughening requirements when a project replaces existing housing.
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