19.39.100 Review and approval process

Permits for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units shall be reviewed ministerially through the building division in accordance to Government Code Section 65852.2 (a) through (e).

(A) The building division shall 'approve or deny' the application to create an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit within sixty days from the date the building division receives a completed application if there is an existing single-family or multifamily dwelling on the lot.

(B) If the City denies an accessory dwelling unit building permit application, the applicant shall receive a list of application deficiencies that would remedy a subsequent building permit application.

JUSTIFICATION: See HCD Comment #11 related to the City's obligation to approve or deny an ADU application within 60-days.

(C) If the permit application to create an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit is submitted concurrently with a permit application to create a new single-family dwelling on the lot, the building division may delay acting on the accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit permit application until the building division acts on the new single-family dwelling permit application, but the application to create the accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit shall be considered ministerial without discretionary review or a hearing. If the applicant requests a delay, the sixty-day time period shall be tolled for the period of the delay.