Sub dividing a lot in San diego

[Aston Ren]

I have a lot in Sherman heights on a corner. The 4 plex is on the actual corner and the duplex is on one of the roads. Both have frontage to the street and neither has parking off street. The 4 plex and the duplex each have their own water lines with separate bills. 4 plex has 4 electric meters and duplex has 2 meters. Is it possible to split them? They are separate buildings with about 15 feet between them. Thanks for advice!

[Justin R.]

The answer is likely yes, though would need to know the address for zoning specifics.  The only potential issue I hear in your description is the parking -- when you split (in this case, via the SLSD), the resulting parcels need to be conformant with base zoning.  I don't know how the City would treat your non-conformant parking or, if the parcel is in a transit parking overlay, whether they'd let an existing building qualify for zero parking under that ordinance during a discretionary action.  It's something pretty odd you'd have to dig into with them.

Regardless, it's a long, arduous, expensive process.  Expect to spend somewhere around $60k in fees + whatever physical work you'll need to do both to your buildings/site and to the road, sidewalk, and alley fronting it.  I've done 3 divisions similar to this in the past 4 years in San Diego and it's not a friendly process.

AB9 and 10, while allowing *more* parcels to be split, do nothing to make the process easier.  That's the main reason they are likely to fairly insignificant overall in splitting existing home parcels.