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Can you build an ADU in Ravena, NY?

Village of Ravena has 7 districts. All districts prohibit ADUs. Check your address to confirm the district that applies to your parcel:

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What the Ravena code says

Ravena has no accessory apartment use. A second household means a two-family house, a principal use by right in R-2 and R-3P and by special permit in R-1. The business, industrial and community facility districts take no house.

Conditions the code attaches:

What the Ravena code indicates by district

The table below shows how each district treats ADUs, alongside the lot and setback standards that govern a second unit. District boundaries and conditions vary, so treat this as a starting point and confirm the district that applies to your parcel.

District Min lot Setbacks F / S / R Max height ADU
General Business 0.23 ac — 60 ft No
Planned Commercial 0.23 ac — — No
Industrial 0.92 ac 50 / - / - ft — No
Community Facility — 35 / 35 / 35 ft — No
Single Family Residential 0.34 ac 25 / 10 / 20 ft 35 ft No
Two Family Residential 0.46 ac 25 / 10 / 15 ft 30 ft No
Planned Residential — — — No

General Business - The schedule publishes only a lot area, a lot width and a height for B-1. Coverage, the setbacks and a minimum floor area are not published.

  • Every use requires site plan review.
  • The 60 ft height is the tallest in the village.

Planned Commercial - The schedule publishes only a lot area and a lot width for C-1P. Coverage, the setbacks, a minimum floor area and a height are not published.

  • Every use requires site plan review, which is what the P in the code denotes.

Industrial - The schedule publishes a front setback only. No side or rear setback figure is published for I-1, and the accessory-building coverage cell reads Total rather than a percentage.

  • Every use requires site plan review.

Community Facility - The schedule publishes setbacks only for CF-1. No lot area, lot width, coverage or height is published for it.

  • Every use requires site plan review.

Single Family Residential - The 900 sq ft minimum first-floor area shown is the one-storey figure; a house of two to 2 1/2 storeys needs 750 sq ft. A two-family residence and an apartment house are listed here by special permit only, with no separate figures published.

  • Accessory buildings are capped at 6% of the lot.
  • An accessory building keeps 5 ft from the principal building, 10 ft from the side and rear lot lines, and 4 ft for a shed.

Two Family Residential - The 800 sq ft minimum first-floor area shown is the one-storey figure; a house of two to 2 1/2 storeys needs 650 sq ft. R-2 asks for more land than R-1, 20,000 sq ft against 15,000, although a two-family residence is by right here.

  • Row houses, apartment houses and garden apartments are special-permit uses here, with no separate figures published.
  • Accessory buildings are capped at 6% of the lot, and keep 5 ft from the principal building, 10 ft from the side and rear lot lines and 4 ft for a shed.

Planned Residential - The schedule publishes no dimensional standards at all for R-3P: area, width, coverage, setbacks, floor area and height are all left to the special permit review.

ADUs vs. short-term rentals in Ravena

No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission for Village of Ravena. Ravena has no local short-term rental ordinance. That is not the same as permission, so confirm with the village before counting on renting a home short term. These are separate questions from whether you can build an ADU — a unit you're allowed to add isn't automatically one you're allowed to rent nightly, so check both.

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ADU FAQ — Ravena, NY

Are ADUs allowed in Ravena, NY?

Village of Ravena has 7 districts. All districts prohibit ADUs. Check your address with the free ADU checker, or confirm with the building department at (518) 756-8201.

Do I need a special permit for an ADU in Ravena?

No. No district in Village of Ravena permits an ADU, so there is no permit to apply for. Codes change, so verify with the building department at (518) 756-8201 before ruling it out.

Can I use an ADU as a short-term rental in Ravena?

No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission for Village of Ravena. ADU occupancy and short-term-rental rules are separate: an ADU you can build isn't automatically one you can rent nightly. Confirm both before you count on STR income.

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What an ADU costs to build in Ravena

Permission is one question and budget is another. An 800 sq ft accessory unit here runs roughly $195k–260k at a standard finish, and the per-square-foot rate comes in above a full house because the kitchen, bath, panel and heating plant cost the same either way. See the full cost to build an ADU in Ravena, priced by size.

How we know this

Sections analyzed
119 Attachment 1 and Attachment 2, Schedule of District Zoning Regulations; § 119-4; § 119-7A; L.L. No. 4-2021
Districts confirmed
7 of 7 — every mapped district.
Last reviewed
Not covered here
Overlay districts, the zoning map, and any conditions attached to an individual parcel. Size limits and owner-occupancy terms sit in the code section above, not in this summary.

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ADU information for Village of Ravena is compiled from the municipal code (last reviewed 2026-09-19) and provided for decision-support only — not legal or architectural advice. ADU eligibility, size, owner-occupancy and permit conditions vary by district and often carry exceptions; verify with the building department at (518) 756-8201 before relying on any answer. Source: the Offsite / Aldo zoning dataset.

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