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City of El Centro — preapproved ADU plans

City of El Centro ( County) posts 4 preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans on its own website, verified 2026-08-06.

Agency: City of El Centro
County
Plans posted: 4
Verified: 2026-08-06

What’s posted

The city's Permit Ready Accessory Dwelling Units page posts four downloadable pre-reviewed, code-compliant plan sets at no cost: Standard ADU Plan A (499 sf Studio), Plan B (499 sf), Plan C (749 sf), and Plan D (999 sf), each with a direct download link, plus a Construction Guide for ADUs.

Source: https://www.cityofelcentro.org/1436/Permit-Ready-Accessory-Dwelling-Units

Fetched agency's own page successfully; confirmed four named, downloadable plan sets restricted to use within El Centro. Adversarially re-verified 2026-08-06 by an independent re-fetch agent: Page lists four named plans - Standard ADU Plan A (499sf studio), B (499sf), C (749sf), D (999sf) - each with a direct DocumentCenter download link on cityofelcentro.org.

Any other agency can adopt these plans

Cal. Gov. Code § 65852.27, added by Stats. 2023, ch. 759, amended by Stats. 2024, ch. 7 (SB 477) (§ 65852.27(a)(5)) lets any California local agency admit into its own program plans “A local agency may also admit the following accessory dwelling unit plans into the program: (A) Plans that have been developed and preapproved by the local agency. (B) Plans that have been preapproved by other agencies within the state.” A city or county without a preapproval program of its own can post City of El Centro’s plans as part of its own program instead of designing new ones — see the full statewide catalog for more options.

We build and maintain the program page, the plan library and the required third-party submission path for agencies that want to stand this up: $1,950 setup + $3,600/year (year one all-in $5,550).

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Data from Civic Data Works’ AB 1332 compliance scan. If City of El Centro’s plans have moved or you find an error, write to [email protected] and we will correct this page. Back to the full catalog.