Commissioners split over zoning changes: by‑right ADUs, smaller lots and reduced parking draw debate
Commissioners debated draft action items that would reduce parking requirements, allow smaller lots and make some housing types (including ADUs) allowable 'by right.' Supporters said these changes increase housing options and financeability; opponents warned the measures could alter Cottage Grove's identity. Staff pledged to clarify scope, process and the limits of private covenants.
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The housing chapter draft includes a set of priority strategies aimed at increasing housing diversity: reducing minimum lot sizes and lot coverage, permitting smaller homes and missing‑middle housing, promoting accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and revising parking requirements. Several commissioners supported those actions as tools to increase attainable housing and reduce municipal infrastructure costs; others said the proposed changes could substantially alter the village’s character.
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