ADU Building Permit Process

The Community Development Department is pleased to bring you a streamlined Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) review process. The Planning Division and Building Engineering Division will be providing a concurrent review of your plans once your application is complete and plans are submitted for review. Please follow the steps below to submit you ADU plan.

STEP #1 – Meet with the Planning Department to Ensure the project meets preliminary Planning Requirements. Please see the Planning Division ADU website for detailed information regarding ADUs and answers to some frequently asked questions.

STEP #2 –  Once a complete submittal package is assembled, the person who prepared the plans should fill out the Plan submittal Checklist and Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) checklist (if applying for a JADU).

STEP #3 –  Provide a complete building plan submittal package including the following:

• Building Permit Application 
• Plan Submittal Checklist
• Junior ADU Checklist (if proposing a Jr. ADU)
• Expanded ADU Checklist
• 3-sets of full-size plans + 2-sets of calculations (structural, if applicable and energy) and other supporting documents.

STEP #4 – The plan submittal package must be turned in to Building & Engineering, 214 South C Street Oxnard CA 93030 during our open counter hours.  Staff will screen the plans for completeness and calculate the associated plan check fee, to be paid prior to beginning the plan check. Plan check fees are based on project valuation.

DISCLAIMER

Building and Engineering may determine a project is not eligible for review based on site conditions, project scope, non-permitted construction, or other project conditions. The applicant acknowledges that preliminary review by the City of Oxnard Planning Division is required prior to plan submission.