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Steering committee updates ordinance to reflect state parking and ADU mandates, discusses impact-fee implications
Summary
The Manchester Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee reviewed changes in state law that limit parking requirements to one space per dwelling unit and raised the ADU cap to 950 square feet, discussed local implementation details and impact-fee effects during its latest meeting.
The Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee on an evening meeting reported that recent state legislation requires cities to cap parking at one space per dwelling unit and raises the maximum accessory dwelling unit (ADU) size to 950 square feet, prompting staff to revise the draft zoning ordinance before it is posted for public review.
Those state changes “mandate that cities cannot require developers to provide more than 1 parking space per dwelling unit,” said Kristin, planning staff, who led the committee through the draft updates. She said the ordinance’s earlier tiered parking table will be replaced so that “all dwelling units go down to 1 parking space per dwelling unit based on the state.”
Why it matters: The change reduces a local regulatory barrier that planners previously used to limit multifamily conversions and ADUs. Committee members discussed practical consequences — including whether typical Manchester driveways and…
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