On April 20th, 2021, the West Covina City Council passed Ordinance No. 2480 to update our ADU ordinance to be consistent with the state. 

• The city has 30 days to review a project from the initial official submittal. At 30 days the applicant will receive an Incomplete (Correction) Letter or an Approval Letter.
• Receiving an approval letter is not a permit for construction. The approval letter allows the applicant to submit to Building and/or Engineering for plan check.
• If any of the items listed on the application are not provided or the application is not notarized by the property owner, the Planning Division WILL NOT accept the application.
• ADU's and JADU's within the City of West Covina are not allowed to have second addresses or separate utilities from the main residence.  
• Each lot can not have more than (1) ADU and (1) JADU.

APPLICATION

Click here to download the required Second Unit Review(SUR) application for a ADU or JADU. 

Click here to download the Subcommittee for Design Review(SUB) application for a ADU or JADU. This application is only required if the proposal is visible from the street or Public Right of Way.

DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Click here to see the new development standards the City has adopted for the ADU ordinance.

Click here to download the ADU/JADU Development Guidelines as shown below. 

ADU PLAN EXAMPLES

Click here to download Example Plans for a Garage Conversion.

Click here to download Example Plans for a New Detached ADU. 

ADU GUIDELINE PACKET

Click here to download ADU Guideline Packet 

Any questions can be directed to the following Divisions:

Interactive ADU Map

The map below shows all the legal ADU's/JADU's with a final Building Permit in the City.  

Click here to view larger map

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