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Town of Paradise — preapproved ADU plans
Town of Paradise ( County) posts 4 preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans on its own website, verified 2026-07-30.
- Agency
- Town of Paradise
- County
- Plans posted
- 4
- Verified
- 2026-07-30
What’s posted
The Town's Planning site has a dedicated 'Pre-Approved ADU Plans' page posting four town-developed preapproved plans, free to Paradise residents: Studio 499 sq ft, 1-Bedroom 499 sq ft, 1-or-2-Bedroom 667 sq ft, and 2-Bedroom 733 sq ft, designed by Design Path Studio Architecture and Planning under a state Wildfire Resiliency and Recovery Planning Grant.
Sources: https://www.paradiseca.gov/planning/page/pre-approved-adu-plans, https://www.designpathstudio.com/paradise-pradu
townofparadise.com 301-redirects to paradiseca.gov. No mention on the page of accepting third-party plan submissions - the posted set is the town's own (which satisfies sec 65852.27(a)(5) for posting, though the statute also requires accepting outside submissions; that half is unverified). Stamped plans are delivered on USB at permit issuance. Adversarially re-verified 2026-07-30: page independently re-fetched, all four plan options rendered as clickable entries with images (Studio 499, 1bd 499, 1-or-2bd 667, 2bd 733 sq ft, Design Path Studio, free to residents) plus downloadable ADU Guidebook and Preapproved ADU Checklist; full construction sets are USB-at-permit, not direct downloads.
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 Town of Paradise’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).
Data from Civic Data Works’ AB 1332 compliance scan. If Town of Paradise’s plans have moved or you find an error, write to [email protected] and we will correct this page. Back to the full catalog.