ADU Construction in Sherman Oaks, From the Surveyed Lines
ADU construction in Sherman Oaks drawn from the true lot lines: corners surveyed, recorded easements mapped, then LADBS plan check and staged inspections.
Where the property ends is the first thing LADBS wants settled for a Sherman Oaks ADU on a fire-cleared lot. The reviewer expects the lot lines, the planned main house and any recorded easement drawn to scale, since a utility or access easement can rule out ground that looks open. A unit generally cannot sit over one without the holder's consent. So before design, we pull the title report and, where corners are unclear, have the lines surveyed.
Easements, corners and the true lot lines
Fences and hedges can miss the real property line, and a unit placed by eye may end up too close to it or even across it. A licensed surveyor sets or confirms the corners, and the site plan is drawn from those points. The title report lists recorded easements, such as a strip along the rear line for utility poles or a shared driveway, and each is drawn with its width. Where an easement crosses the ideal spot, the unit moves, changes shape, or waits on the holder's written consent. Settling this first keeps a correction from moving the whole design later.
Building beside an easement
An easement carries on through construction. If a shared driveway runs along the lot, the neighbor's right to use it stays open, so deliveries are timed and nothing is parked or stacked across it. A utility strip keeps its access too: no materials piled where crews may need to reach a pole or a line, and no trench across it without the holder's approval. We mark these limits on our staging sketch and walk them with the crew before the first delivery. LADBS inspectors check the unit's position against the approved plans at the footing stage, before concrete fixes it in place.
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It can, once the survey and easements are settled for the whole lot. Placing the unit first fixes one corner of the site, so the main house footprint is drawn at the same time to make sure both fit around the recorded strips and the setbacks. LADBS can then permit and inspect the unit on its own track, ahead of the house.
The survey settles the ground side. Once the true lines and any recorded easements are on the site plan for a Sherman Oaks lot, we look for open space that can hold the unit. The design side is set by the package: one floor, and at most 500 square feet of it. Both answers come before you commit.
If it stands on your side of the surveyed line and clear of any easement, it may. A survey sometimes shows a garage sitting over a line or a utility strip, which has to be resolved before any conversion. When it clears, we test the slab and footing, check the studs and roof, measure the ceiling and compare the conversion's cost with building new.
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