Crestline · San Bernardino County 92325 · APN 0339-062-01
2,614 square feet on Erlach Drive, a paved county road minutes from Lake Gregory. The County has confirmed a buildable footprint. The open question is wastewater — and it's laid out in full below.
The footprint
San Bernardino County has confirmed the setbacks that apply here: fifteen feet from the front, five feet from each side. On a lot of this shape that leaves a building envelope roughly twenty feet across and around fifty feet deep.
Twenty feet is the classic width of an A-frame cabin — the form was designed for exactly this kind of steep, compact mountain site, and the roof sheds snow rather than carrying it. Dimensions are scaled from the Assessor's map and rounded. Confirm the rear setback and all measurements with the County and a survey.
The record
Crestline sits at about 4,700 feet in the San Bernardino Mountains, built across a group of 1920s resort subdivisions — Valley of the Moon, Switzerland, and others. This parcel is Lot 31 of Valley of the Moon Unit No. 2, recorded as Tract 1902 in Map Book 27.
Lots throughout these tracts run to thirty feet by eighty feet, and the surrounding streets are thoroughly built out with mountain homes. Lake Gregory Regional Park is a short drive west.
Erlach Drive and South Dart Canyon Road converge just southeast of the parcel, which sits in the corner between them. That gives it paved frontage on two sides rather than one — useful for access, and useful for parking.
Off-street parking is scarce across the whole community, and winter snow makes it scarcer. Whatever a buyer ultimately does here, a level, road-fronting parcel in this town is a useful thing to own.
Before you offer
One question on this parcel is genuinely unresolved, and it is the one that decides what the lot is worth. It is stated here rather than left for a buyer to discover.
The parcel lies outside the sewered area, so any dwelling would require an onsite wastewater treatment system. The County's half-acre minimum for such systems applies to the subdivision of new parcels; this is a parcel of record from the 1920s, and the County's program does not set a minimum lot size for parcels of record. That reading is consistent with the built-out neighbouring lots of the same size.
What has not been established is whether a system and its required replacement area physically fit on 2,614 square feet, and what separation is required from Dart Creek. San Bernardino County Environmental Health Services is the authority on both. Alternative systems and seepage pits may be relevant, and an exemption process exists.
A buyer intending to build should treat this as the first item of diligence, before anything else.
San Bernardino County has confirmed that the parcel is buildable, subject to a fifteen-foot front setback and five-foot side setbacks. Buyers should confirm the rear setback and any additional standards directly.
Erlach Drive is a built, named county road running along the southwestern boundary. There is no paper street problem here and no access easement to resolve — the parcel fronts pavement in a developed neighbourhood.
Dart Creek lies beyond South Dart Canyon Road to the northeast. Creek proximity in the San Bernardino Mountains can bring setback requirements and may involve floodplain mapping, and it is directly relevant to siting a wastewater system. Confirm both against the parcel before any design work.
Crestline is snow country in a high fire hazard region. Buyers should confirm fire hazard severity zone designation, defensible space requirements, and the insurance position before committing, as these affect financing as much as construction.
The parcel is raw land. Water service in the area is provided by the local water district; power and other services would need to be established. Confirm availability and connection costs before relying on them.
Sources — San Bernardino County Assessor, Book 0339 Page 06 · San Bernardino County ZD-1 Zoning District Map · County Land Use Services (setback confirmation) · County Local Agency Management Program for onsite wastewater treatment systems.
All information is provided in good faith and believed accurate, but is not warranted. Buyer to independently verify zoning, buildability, wastewater feasibility, boundaries, utilities and all other material facts. Seller is not a licensed real estate agent and this is not an offer of agency.
For sale by owner
Offers invited
No asking price while the wastewater question is open — what this lot is worth depends on the answer, and a buyer who resolves it should get the benefit of having done so. Neighbours wanting parking, storage or a side yard are equally welcome to make an offer.
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