Eligibility Screening
Know the path before you spend design time on the wrong one
Given a building's age, zoning, and use, determine whether a conversion qualifies for a ministerial (by-right) path or requires discretionary review — before drawings lock in an unworkable strategy.
Age, zoning, and use against conversion ordinances and adaptive-reuse eligibility windows
Ministerial vs. discretionary path call before schematic spend
Feeds Otto and IEBC compliance on the same connected record
Ordinance sources
What the path call checks against
Citations link to the ordinance page or bill text that substantiates the claim — not department or legislature homepages.
Los Angeles Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (2026)
Los Angeles expanded its Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 2026 to a rolling 15-year eligibility window — any building past its 15th year from Certificate of Occupancy now qualifies, up from a frozen pre-1974 cutoff.
LA City Planning — Adaptive Reuse Ordinance →California AB 507 — Office to Housing Conversion Act
California's AB 507 (Office to Housing Conversion Act) takes effect July 1, 2026, offering streamlined ministerial approval and a CEQA exemption in exchange for affordability set-asides.
AB 507 bill text (California Legislative Information) →