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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt
I have a property in Northern San Diego county (unincorporated) that I would like to put a small house on. Limited/minimalist living being the trend but I can't find a definitive answer to the minimum size for a single family dwelling on a .66 acre lot.
Anyone out there have the number or are there other variables to consider?
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As I mentioned before, there are minimums defined by your county building code which is based on the Cal State Building code. It’s not just a total square footage when talking minimums, it’s minimums defined for individual rooms by use and some of the rooms (bedrooms for instance) are further defined by the number of individuals served.
Your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living space (room) are going to have individual minimums on their own. Also some codes (bedrooms again) require a closet to meet that designation. Add more sq ft to the total. That’s basically how the IRC comes up with the total minimum sq ft for a residence.
So, for instance you can’t just say 650 sq ft is the total qualifying minimum if your bedroom is less than 100 sq serving two people.
Look into the San Diego County Building codes and you should be able to find all of your room minimums.
I would bet that your codes allow less than 400 sq just by using room minimums for living, kitchen, bath and bedroom.