Can I split my lot under SB 9 in Cathedral City?

Cathedral City's code: Each new lot must be at least 1,200 square feet. (Each lot created by an urban lot split.) (§ 9.116.110); At least 3 years. (Urban lot split: individual owners must live in 1 of the homes as their primary residence and legal domicile.) (§ 9.116.120).

Lot splits under SB 9 in Cathedral City: the local rules

Cathedral City code What Cathedral City's code adds
How the lot may be divided	Each new lot must be between 40% and 60% of the original lot's area. Applies: Each lot created by an urban lot split. § 9.116.110 · code text Each of the resulting lots must be between sixty percent and forty percent of the original lot area.
Minimum new lot size	Each new lot must be at least 1,200 square feet. Applies: Each lot created by an urban lot split. § 9.116.110 · code text Each resulting lot shall measure at least one thousand two hundred square feet in lot area.
Setbacks	Side and rear setbacks must be at least 4 feet. Applies: An SB 9 two-unit residential development. § 9.116.120 · code text Minimum side and rear yard setbacks for a SB 9 two-unit residential development shall be no less than four feet.
Standards	Each new lot must border the public right-of-way. Applies: Applies to urban lot splits. § 9.116.110 · code text Each resulting lot must adjoin the public right-of-way. Each new lot needs at least 20 linear feet of frontage on a public street. § 9.116.110 · code text Each resulting lot must have frontage on the public street of at least twenty lineal feet. No more than 2 primary homes on each new lot. Applies: Each lot created by an urban lot split. § 9.116.110 · code text No more than two primary dwelling units may be built on each resulting lot. At least 500 square feet for a studio or 1-bedroom; at least 700 square feet for 2 or more bedrooms. Applies: Each new primary home. § 9.116.120 · code text Each new primary dwelling unit shall be at least the following minimum sizes based on the number of sleeping rooms provided: At least 10 feet apart, or 5 feet if all structures are single-story and at most 16 feet tall. Applies: Detached homes and their covered parking. § 9.116.120 · code text Detached dwelling units and associated covered parking shall be a minimum of ten feet from each other unless all structures are single-story and not more than sixteen feet in height, in which case the minimum separation shall be five feet. Lot coverage cannot exceed the underlying zone's maximum. Applies: SB 9 two-unit projects and urban lot split lots; not if it prevents up to 2 units or units of at least 800 square feet. § 9.116.120 · code text The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed the maximum coverage of the underlying zoning district, except where such coverage would physically preclude the construction of up to two units or physically preclude either of the two units from being at least eight hundred square feet in floor area. Both primary homes must use the same colors and materials, including exterior walls, roof pitch and roofing. Applies: Applies to two-unit residential developments. § 9.116.120 · code text Both primary dwelling units in a SB 9 two-unit residential development shall utilize the same colors and materials, including the exterior walls, roof pitch and roofing material.
Owner occupancy	At least 3 years. Applies: Urban lot split: individual owners must live in 1 of the homes as their primary residence and legal domicile. § 9.116.120 · code text In the case of an urban lot split, expressly requires the individual property owners to live in one of the dwelling units on the lot as the owners' primary residence and legal domicile for a minimum of three years. The owners must live in 1 of the homes on the lot as their primary residence and legal domicile. Applies: Two-unit projects or urban lot splits; required by a deed restriction. § 9.116.120 · code text Expressly requires the individual property owners to live in one of the dwelling units on the lot as the owners' primary residence and legal domicile.
Parking	1 off-street parking space. Applies: Each new primary unit; not required within ½ mile walk of a high-quality transit corridor or major transit stop, or 1 block of car-share. § 9.116.120 · code text One off-street parking space shall be provided for each new primary dwelling unit unless one of the following applies:

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