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Council directs staff to amend ADU rules to conform with state law and streamline approvals; owner‑occupancy requirement to be removed
Summary
Council voted 6–1 to direct staff to return with an ordinance updating accessory dwelling unit regulations: allow ADUs in all residential zones, make approvals administrative, remove deed‑restriction owner‑occupancy requirement, and align size and setback language with state law. Mayor Pro Tem Kavey voted no.
On April 15 the council directed staff to return with an ordinance amending Castle Rock’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations to align with state law and to streamline the local approval process.
Planner Tara Vargasch outlined staff’s proposed changes. Key elements presented: - Allow ADUs in all residential zones (remove an existing prohibition in one PD district). - Make ADU approvals administrative (the code originally allowed administrative approval but detached ADUs had been subject to use‑by‑special‑review);…
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