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Planning staff proposes 5-acre owner-occupancy ADU rule to limit subdivision of farmland
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulation that would allow one ADU per parcel of at least five acres, require owner occupancy, limit size to 50% of the primary dwelling (max 1,250 sq ft), and exclude travel trailers or RVs; staff asked for comment before planning commission review.
Planning and zoning staff presented a draft accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulation to the Scott County Fiscal Court on Aug. 1 that would allow a single ADU by right on parcels of five acres or more, include an owner-occupancy requirement and limit ADU size to 50% of the primary dwelling (not to exceed 1,250 square feet).
Holden Fleming, planning and zoning staff member, told the court the draft is intended to add incidental housing options without creating de facto subdivisions or converting prime farmland into multiple independent parcels. "We don't want to create a situation where essentially we're creating subdivisions without creating subdivisions," Fleming said.
The draft would allow either the…
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