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City of Visalia — preapproved ADU plans

City of Visalia ( County) posts 3 preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans on its own website, verified 2026-08-05.

Agency: City of Visalia
County
Plans posted: 3
Verified: 2026-08-05

What’s posted

City's 'Permit-Ready (Pre-Approved) ADU Program' page posts 3 named plans developed with a local architecture firm: Studio (490 sf), 1-Bedroom (498 sf), 2-Bedroom (918 sf), each in 3 styles, with downloadable PDFs.

Source: https://www.visalia.gov/280/Accessory-Dwelling-Units-Pre-Approved

ADUs under 750 sf using these plans are also exempt from impact fees under state law. ADVERSARIALLY RE-VERIFIED 2026-08-05: independent re-fetch confirmed real, held posted.

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 Visalia’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 Visalia’s plans have moved or you find an error, write to [email protected] and we will correct this page. Back to the full catalog.