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City of Vista — preapproved ADU plans

City of Vista ( County) posts 4 preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans on its own website, verified 2026-10-05.

Agency: City of Vista
County
Plans posted: 4
Verified: 2026-10-05

What’s posted

City hosts four pre-approved ADU plan sets directly on vista.gov (Studio 499 SF, 2BR 745 SF, 2BR 749 SF, 3BR 1149 SF) as downloadable PDFs with waived plan-check fees.

Source: https://www.vista.gov/city-services/community-development/permits-forms/accessory-dwelling-units

Direct fetch 403'd; r.jina.ai proxy returned the live page with four distinct PDF URLs (vista.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/...). Direct PDF fetch also 403'd (bot-walled binary endpoint) but the proxy-fetched HTML page text itself constitutes the independent second confirmation of named, linked plans.

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