How planning departments
handle ADU questions.
Accessory dwelling units bring some of the most detailed questions a counter gets, and the answer often depends on several layers of rules at once.
The questions that come in.
- Can I build an ADU behind my house?
- How big can a detached ADU be?
- Do I need to add parking?
- Can I convert my garage?
- What setbacks apply to an ADU?
Every rule that applies,
in one answer.
ADU rules are layered, and they change often. The code sets size limits, setbacks, height and design standards, and each can vary by district.
The right answer also depends on the lot: its district, its size, whether it is near transit, and whether an overlay applies. A general answer is easy to give and often wrong for the property in question.
Cited, specific,
and tied to the parcel.
The answer pulls together the ADU standards that apply, and cites each one.
What Euclid HL hands to your team.
Euclid HL answers
- Size limits for a detached ADU
- Setbacks
- Parking, including near transit
- Garage conversions
Goes to your staff
- Questions about a specific design that need plan review.
- Cases where the code is silent or two provisions conflict.
- Anything that turns on staff discretion, such as a modification or an exception.
Euclid HL says when a question needs staff, and your team's interpretations, once recorded, become part of later answers.
See it with your code.
Bring a question your counter gets every week. We'll show you how Euclid HL answers it from adopted documents like yours, and what it hands back to staff.
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