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Piedmont to offer preapproved ADU plans; staff to post plans and adopt 30-day review for those permits
Summary
Under AB 1332 the city will accept preapproved detached-ADU plans from private designers, post them on the city website, and apply a 30-day ministerial review for applications that use those plans; non-preapproved applications retain a 60-day review period.
Staff described a new preapproved-plan pathway under AB 1332 that will let architects and ADU builders submit detached-ADU plans for preapproval and posting on the city website. When homeowners pick a preapproved plan, staff said the city reviews site-specific factors and must decide within 30 days.
"When the applicant selects a preapproved plan, city staff will review site specific factors for the property in relation to the chosen plans ... and within 30 days make a decision," Associate Planner Gopika Nair said. She noted the city will post a preapplication form for designers to submit proposed plans and that concurrent review is possible when designers submit a homeowner's permit and also request plan preapproval.
Commissioners asked whether there is a minimum number of preapproved plans the city must offer and whether changes to a preapproved plan when fit to a site affect the 30-day timeline; staff said that site-specific adjustments may trigger standard completeness reviews and that an incomplete submittal could extend processing within the statutory review window.
