The new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) standard plan program offers homeowners faster and less expensive permitting options. The ADU standard plan program gives homeowners twenty preapproved design options from ten different firms. By choosing one of the preapproved plans, homeowners can reduce the plan check process from 4-6 weeks to one day, as well as reduce the cost of permits. You can access the preapproved plans on the ADU standard plan website.
The new ADU standard plans are designed to be suitable for a range of homeowners, from studio spaces to two story buildings. The SB-13 decreases the local impact fees for an ADU bigger than 750 square feet, and will eliminate local impact fees for an ADU smaller than 750 square feet. In addition, landlords are no longer required to live in the main house in order to rent the ADU, which means landlords can now rent both the ADU and the main house.
The SB-330 decreases the amount of time it takes to acquire a building permit. Wait time is now reduced to 60 days, instead of 120 days. The AB-68 limits how often the city can deny a permit to build ADUs that are less than 16 feet high, and 850 square feet or 1,000 square feet for more than one bedroom. On top of that, the AB-68 bill makes it much easier to build an ADU, no matter how your home is situated. The AB-671 bill requires local housing agencies to offer incentives to construct ADUs that can be rented to individuals with low to moderate incomes.
The AB 670 will ban associations from unreasonably limiting the construction of ADUs on an area zoned for single family residential use.