City rule sources
City rule pages require an official city, county, or public-agency source. Parsed fields include size, height, setbacks, parking, owner occupancy, fees, process notes, and official source links.
Research methodology
How Local ADU Guide builds ADU research pages
The directory is built from official rule sources, public provider sources, permit-contact discovery data, and manual verification fields. Pages are only published when their source gate is met.
Provider discovery
Provider records can come from official preapproved-plan lists, public city-review pages, vendor-fair lists, permit-contact data, and provider websites. Discovery does not equal verification.
Publish gates
Rule pages need official rule data. Preapproved-plan pages need an official preapproved-plan source. Provider pages must preserve verification labels and avoid quote routing until consent is done.
Human review
Manual review fields track website evidence, license-check status, outreach status, confidence notes, and lead readiness. These fields determine whether a row can be described as source-backed.
What Local ADU Guide does not claim
The site does not provide legal, financial, design, or construction advice. It does not verify that a provider is currently licensed, insured, available, or willing to receive leads unless the provider verification process has explicitly completed those checks.