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Westminster homeowner urges state lawmakers to require off‑street parking for ADUs
Summary
A Westminster resident submitted a written comment asking the Planning Commission to urge state lawmakers to require accessory dwelling units include off‑street parking proportional to bedrooms, citing rising on‑street parking pressure in single‑family neighborhoods.
Charlotte Riffey, a Westminster homeowner, submitted written comments to the Planning Commission expressing concern about the increase in accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single‑family neighborhoods and the lack of off‑street parking requirements for those units. Riffey said many homes already use garages for storage and that, as family members and ADU tenants park on the street, neighbor guest parking has become difficult to find.
"I would like to urge the planning commission to relay these concerns to the state lawmakers that have been putting together the rules regarding ADUs for future consideration," Riffelman wrote, asking that ADU rules require off‑street parking "commensurate with the number of bedrooms in proposed ADUs." The written comment was read into the record at the meeting.
Commissioners expressed sympathy for the concerns and noted the limitation of local authority to change state ADU rules; they encouraged residents with complaints to contact their state legislators because ADU regulations are set at the state level. No formal action was taken by the commission on the written comment; staff and commissioners simply acknowledged the comment and discussed the difficulty of addressing statewide ADU policy at the local level.
