Additional Resources
There are several online resources that can help you choose and site an ADU on your property.
External Agency information
For Home Owner Asssociations
Under California law, a homeowner association (HOA) may review and regulate only some minor aspects of a member homeowner’s proposed accessory dwelling unit (ADU). The HOA may not impose regulations, requirements, or conditions that “either effectively prohibit or unreasonably restrict the construction or use of the ADU” (California Civil Code section 4751). For example, the HOA may regulate elements of design and colors, and to a lesser extent placement and height. However, the HOA can not prohibit an ADU if Moreno Valley zoning standards for the applicable zoning district otherwise allow for an ADU in the location.
Each HOA must look to its Board and members for guidance and direction as to how much, or how little, regulatory review authority should be applied toward ADU proposals; but the HOA should accomplish this within the framework set out under Cal. Civil Code Sec. 4751, and with the benefit of legal counsel. In the meantime, to assist with this process, the California Department of Housing and Community Development has prepared an ADU handbook.
ADU Designers
The City of Moreno Valley welcomes design firms to submit their Accessory Dwelling Unit plans to the City for plan check review and incorporation onto this webpage. For more information on this program please contact the Building and Safety Division at 951.431.3350 (press option 5) or email permitcounter@moval.org.