ADU | ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
An ADU is an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same lot as the single family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated.
A Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit is a unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence. A JADU may include separate sanitation facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure. The JADU or single-family residence shall be owner occupied.
Homeowners can build many different types of ADUs. ADUs can be attached or detached from the existing home, or located within the existing home.
A converted former garage.
A converted area of the primary home, with its own kitchen and bathroom.
A new independent structure, separated from the primary home and often placed in the backyard.
A new unit that shares at least one wall with the garage. Units can be built above the garage.
An ADU of no more than 500 square feet that can be built within a proposed or existing single-family home or accessory structure.
Homeowners build ADUs for various reasons, including:
– To generate rental income
– To increase a property’s resale value and home equity.
– To create private living spaces for extended family or elderly parents
– ADUs benefit communities by adding more housing units while maintaining the character of a neighborhood. ADUs are more affordable to build than other types of housing, such as single-family homes, because they do not require buying new land.
