City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: INFORMATION REPORTS
Lead Department: Planning and Development Services
Meeting Date: August 5, 2024
Report #:2405-3101
TITLE
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)- 2024 Quarter 1 Report
RECOMMENDATION
This is an informational report, and no action is required.
ANALYSIS
This report transmits information related to application activity for accessory dwelling units (ADU), including junior accessory dwelling units (JADU) for quarter 1 of calendar year 2024. Since 2015, the City has received 702 ADU/JADU building permit applications and issued 524 building permits. In the first quarter of 2024, the City received 38 new applications, issued 24 ADU permits, and provided an approved Final Inspection on 22 ADU/JADU permits. As it relates to the Housing Element, the data continues to support the anticipated housing unit production expected from ADU/JADUs for the current housing element cycle, which is an average of 64 units per year over the 8-year planning period or a total of 512 units.
In the first quarter of 2024, the ADU sizes of open applications in this period range from 196 to 1,000 square feet, with an average size of 554 square feet. Approximately 58% of applications are located north of Oregon Expressway, and 42% are located south of Oregon Expressway. Since 2017, the majority of ADU/JADU permits relative to the Oregon Expressway has shifted between north and south from year to year. Further details can be found in Table 1 of Attachment A.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This informational report is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Q1 2024 ADU Data
APPROVED BY:
Jonathan Lait, Planning and Development Services Director