Bellevue’s ADU Reform land-use code amendment (Ordinance No. 6746) removed the owner-occupancy requirement and condominium prohibition described on the City’s reform page. The City says a covered ADU may be owned separately from the primary-residence owner. This is a local rule change, not a conclusion that every ADU, parcel, or proposed transfer qualifies.
Confirm the ADU type and code pathway
The reform page describes attached ADUs within its scope. It says detached ADUs were outside the reform described and were the subject of separate policy work. Do not extend the attached-unit change to a detached structure based only on its ADU label. Check the current text of Bellevue Land Use Code § 20.20.120, later amendments, the permit history, and the local classification of the unit.
Removing an owner-residence condition and allowing separate ownership do not by themselves complete a conveyance. A transaction may still depend on subdivision, unit-lot or condominium rules, mapping, recordation, lender consent, title, and other property-specific requirements. Bellevue’s summary does not determine eligibility under those separate processes.
Verify the property before relying on a sale route
Confirm the parcel’s current zoning, whether the unit is attached or detached, its permits and occupancy status, and which code applies to the proposed transaction date. Ask the City and the relevant land-record authority about mapping and recordation requirements. Review the actual title, liens, covenants, and association or financing documents.
The City’s reform page explains the change but is not a parcel decision or title opinion. Use the current code and project record before treating an ADU as separately owned or saleable. General owner-occupancy, rental, subdivision, and private-restriction questions remain separate checks.