19.79.080 Exemptions from permit.
A. An accessory dwelling unit permit shall not be required in the following instances for projects located within a residential or mixed-use zone. Such projects will be ministerially approved upon valid application of a building permit. Projects exempt under this section remain subject to other applicable construction-related permit requirements such as grading permits.
1. The accessory dwelling unit and/or junior accessory dwelling unit is:
a. Within the proposed space of a single-family dwelling, or the existing space of a single-family dwelling or accessory structure;
b. Has exterior access from the proposed or existing single-family dwelling; and
c. Has side and rear yard setbacks sufficient for fire safety.
d. One accessory dwelling unit and one junior accessory dwelling unit per lot are allowed under this exemption.
e. An accessory dwelling unit within the existing space of an accessory structure may be expanded an additional one hundred fifty square feet if necessary to accommodate ingress and egress. This subsection does not apply to a junior accessory dwelling unit.
2. One newly constructed detached accessory dwelling unit that is up to eight hundred square feet of floor area, up to sixteen feet in height, with minimum four-foot side and rear yard setbacks on a lot with a proposed or existing single-family dwelling. The accessory dwelling unit may be combined with a junior accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot.
3. The junior accessory dwelling unit complies with the requirements of California Government Code Section 65852.22, as may be amended from time to time.
4. Accessory dwelling units within the portions of existing multifamily dwelling structures that are not used as livable space, including, but not limited to, storage rooms, boiler rooms, passageways, attics, basements, or garages, if each unit complies with State building standards for dwellings. Accessory dwelling units in existing multifamily structures shall be limited to one unit or twenty-five percent of the existing multifamily dwelling units.
5. Not more than two accessory dwelling units located on a lot that has an existing multifamily dwelling and are detached from that existing multifamily dwelling, subject to a height limit of sixteen feet and minimum four-foot side and rear yard setbacks. (Ord. 2023-02 § 2, 2023; Ord. 2021-04 § 2, 2021.)