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City explains ADU program and invites preapproved plan submissions
Summary
Joe Lambert, Placentia's Director of Development Services, outlined ADU and JADU definitions, typical sizes (ADUs 500–1,200 sq ft, JADUs ≤500 sq ft), benefits (intergenerational housing, rental income) and invited architects and designers to submit preapproved plans for the city to consider.
Joe Lambert, Director of Development Services, briefed the commission and attendees on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and the city's plan to consider preapproved ADU plans.
Lambert defined an ADU as a secondary home typically between 500 and 1,200 square feet that may be attached or detached, and described JADUs (junior ADUs) as conversions of space within an existing home up to 500 square feet with a separate entrance and kitchen. He listed common motivations—housing family members, intergenerational living and supplemental rental income—and pointed residents and designers to the planning division page on the city website for submittal requirements. At the time of the meeting staff said the city did not have an existing catalog of preapproved plans and invited architects and designers to submit plans for possible inclusion.
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