Converted · legalization · Sunset/Parkside
2174 20th Ave
Completed Sep 2025+1 unit on this lot · now 25 permits
To legalize an existing illegal second unit per ordinance 43-14. To comply with nov #201791662. Install new rear spiral stairs.
filed Sep 2017issued Nov 2022 · permit wait 5 years 2 monthscompleted Sep 2025 · built in 2 years 10 months
waiting for permitconstructionrelated building permitelectrical permitplumbing permit
Declared value
$92,000
declared on the ADU permit
Permit wait
5 years 2 months
filed → issued
Build time
2 years 10 months
issued → completed
Permits in this project
| Permit | What | When | Declared | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADU permit | To legalize an existing illegal second unit per ordinance 43-14. To comply with nov #201791662. Install new rear spiral stairs. 201709199022 · Zeus Remodeling | filed Sep 2017 · issued Nov 2022 · done Sep 2025 | $92k | city record |
| Revision | Revision to pa 2017-0919-9022 remodel & legalize ground floor unit; remodel main floor unit; to comply with 201791662 & 201791661. Add 2 bathrooms and 3 skylights. 202304286737 · cites 201709199022 · Zeus Remodeling | filed Apr 2023 · issued Jun 2024 · done Dec 2025 | $489k | city record |
| Address | Addressing permit only. Refer to pa# 2023-0428-6737 to legalize ground floor unit. Add a new address 2172 20th ave to the ground floor legalized unit. Existing 2174 20th ave is used for the upper unit. Linked to parcel 2198/019. 202508082668 | filed Aug 2025 · issued Aug 2025 · done Dec 2025 | — | city record |
| Electrical | Complete rewire of 1st and 2nd floor. E202404233927 | Apr 23, 2024 → Sep 5, 2025 | — | |
| Plumbing | Administrative permit to change scope of work to clarify: plumbing legalization of ground floor unit and upper floor remodeling. PP20250709338 | Jul 9, 2025 → Sep 8, 2025 | — |
Trade permits show what work was done and when; the city does not record who pulled them.
- Lot
- block 2198, lot 019
- Why we call it an ADU
- Two independent model reviewers agreed the permit creates an ADU: “to legalize an existing illegal second unit per ordinance 43-14”