Backyard & Outdoor Living in Chino

City of Chino Development Services Department, Building Division. Residential permits are issued by the Building Division of Development Services, with applications filed online through the city's Accela permit portal. Chino's pool barrier standard states that a pool enclosure is always required, calls for at least two of the seven state drowning-prevention features on a new or remodeled pool or spa at a single-family home, and requires the barrier to be installed and inspected before the pool is plastered or filled. The zoning code caps a detached ADU at 1,600 square feet in the RD 1 and RD 2 districts and 1,200 square feet elsewhere, and gives the city 30 days, rather than 60, to act on a completed application that uses one of its preapproved ADU plans. We prepare the drawings, make the submittal and handle plan-check corrections ourselves, so you are not the one chasing plan check.

Lot size follows the zoning district: the Residential/Agricultural RD 1 and RD 2 districts set one-acre and 20,000-square-foot minimums for new lots, allow horse-keeping and require neighborhood equestrian trail easements, while RD 4.5, the district modeled on many of the city's existing suburban tracts, sets a 7,200-square-foot minimum. One local condition that shapes the work: The Preserve, south of Kimball Avenue, spans about 5,435 acres of former and existing farm and dairy property, with roughly half planned to remain open space and a network of paseos and trails, so newer lots can sit beside working land.

All of it, including The Preserve, College Park and East Chino. Our crews run every job out of our Cahuenga Pass base in Los Angeles, with our own people on site.

Full backyard transformation: generally $50,000 to $250,000+ across Southern California. What moves it is how much hardscape is involved, whether a pool or outdoor kitchen is included, grading and retaining, and the level of lighting and planting. We give line-item pricing after seeing the site rather than quoting a number over the phone.

A patio and turf refresh often finishes in three to five weeks. A full transformation with hardscape, an outdoor kitchen, structures and lighting typically runs ten to sixteen weeks, and longer if a pool is part of the same phase.

Pavers cost more up front but flex with ground movement instead of cracking, and individual units can be lifted and replaced. Poured concrete is cheaper initially, but a crack means cutting out and repouring a section that rarely matches. On most Southern California soil we recommend pavers for anything you will look at every day.

Yes, and on most projects we insist on it. Correcting grade and adding proper drainage while the yard is already open is far cheaper than retrofitting it after new hardscape is down.

Yes. Design, permits, hardscape, structures, kitchen, lighting and planting run through one team and one project manager, so nothing gets lost between trades.