Home additions · Pleasant Grove, UT
An addition in Pleasant Grove starts with the lot, not the floor plan. The city wants a scaled site plan with the distance to every property line and easement, plus stamped engineering. We get those answers first, so the design fits the rules.
Home additions in Pleasant Grove
In April 2026 the city council adopted Ordinance 2026-004. It changes how building height is measured in the single-family zones. Height is now measured from a point between the natural ground and the finished grade, so piling up dirt around a house no longer buys extra height.
The cap itself is still 35 feet in the R-1 zones. Building permits in an approved subdivision from before April 24, 2026 keep the old way of measuring. If you are adding a second story, we check which rule your house falls under before the roof is drawn.
Most homes in town are detached houses on their own lots, a little over 7,000 of them by the Census count. Side and rear yard limits are in section 10-9B-7 of the city code. We confirm your exact numbers with the city before design starts, not after.
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A new family room or bedroom off the back, drawn on a site plan that shows the distance to every property line.
A few extra feet for a kitchen or bath. Small, but the city still wants the tie-in to the old wall on the plans.
A bedroom, closet and bath together. We plan the drain run to the existing sewer line early, since it can decide where the suite goes.
Going up means the 35-foot cap and the new way of measuring it. The engineer also checks that the walls below can carry the load.
The city's ADU brochure lists bump-out additions as one kind of accessory apartment. Owner-occupancy, parking and entrance rules still apply.
Turning a garage into living space takes away parking. That matters if you plan an apartment, because the city counts garage spaces.
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Pleasant Grove addition rules
These come from the city's additions checklist and the 2026 height ordinance. The checklist posted online is dated 2018, so we check it against the city's current rules before we submit.
Pleasant Grove treats buildings 6 feet apart or closer as attached. If your addition gets that close to a detached garage or shed, both have to meet the rules as one building. That can change what is allowed, so we place it with care.
The city asks for engineering calculations that are stamped and signed. It may also ask for a lateral analysis, a check of how the existing house handles sideways loads. The more you change the old house, the more likely that gets.
Plans have to show how the new roof, walls and floors connect to the old house. The list also calls for hurricane ties at 48 inches on center and anchor bolts in a treated sill plate. Those details go on the drawings before they go in the wall.
An accessory building in an R-1 zone can be no taller than the house, and never over 25 feet. Full height is only allowed if the yard rules are met. That matters if your plan includes a new garage or shop.
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Dakota walks your Pleasant Grove home, talks through what you want to add, and gives you one honest price in writing.
We draw the addition, get it engineered, help you pick finishes, and pull the permit with Pleasant Grove City.
Foundation through finish work, on schedule, site kept clean, and you updated the whole way.
Final city inspection, a walkthrough with you, and we stand behind the work.
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