Eastside ADU Explorer

Pick your city. See what you are actually allowed to build.

Washington rewrote the accessory dwelling unit law, and every city rewrote its code on its own schedule with its own numbers. We read all thirteen codes. Nothing here is carried over from a neighbouring city and nothing is guessed — where a code does not say, this page says so.

Kirkland

Drawn to scale on a 60 × 110 ft lot.

Scale drawing of the biggest detached unit this city allows A plan view of a typical lot with the house and the largest permitted detached ADU, and an elevation showing the height limit, both drawn to the same scale. PLAN · 60 × 110 FT LOT existing house 1,200 sq ft largest detached unit rear setback 10 ft ELEVATION housefor scale 24 ft height limit
your house the biggest unit this city allows

Every figure on this page comes from the city's own municipal code, checked on 4 September 2026, with the section and the ordinance named underneath. Codes in this region are being rewritten faster than any web page keeps up with — we verify your parcel against the code in force on the day we submit, never against a summary.