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Council amends ADU rules to allow Longmont residents to add units on other owned properties
Summary
The council amended and approved an ordinance changing ADU administrative approval rules to let Longmont residents build accessory dwelling units on properties they own anywhere in the city; the ordinance passed 5-2.
Longmont’s City Council amended and approved an ordinance to streamline administrative approval of accessory dwelling units and broaden eligibility for who may build them. On second reading the council approved Ordinance 2025-35 as amended.
The amendment adopted Tuesday allows any person who is a Longmont resident at the time of application to build an ADU on another property they own in the city; prior draft language required the owner to live in the primary…
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