Guest Speaker: Gary Geiler - Assistant Director of Development Services Department

Accessory Dwelling Unit/Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit

What is an ADU?

An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that is:

• 1,200 square feet in size or less.

• Provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. (and)

• Located on a lot with a proposed or existing single-dwelling unit or multiple-dwelling units.

What is a JADU?

A Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) is a dwelling unit that is not less than 150 square feet and no more than 500 square feet within an existing or proposed single dwelling unit or an attached garage on a residential single dwelling unit lot. A JADU may include separate sanitation facilities or may share sanitation facilities with the single dwelling unit. The JADU shall provide a kitchen or efficiency kitchen.