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Planning board seeks local limits as state ADU statute moves through Legislature
Summary
Board discussed Florida statute 163.31771 and directed staff to draft a local ordinance capping accessory dwelling units at 300 square feet (open-air exceptions) as a temporary protective measure to present to the commission.
Members of the Melbourne Beach Planning and Zoning Board discussed a recently circulated state statute number (163.31771) that would require local governments to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single-family zones without increasing parking requirements.
Board members expressed concern that, if the state statute passes as written, local control could be reduced and ADUs could be used as short-term rentals rather than family housing. To create a local “stopgap,” the board voted to prepare an ordinance that would allow accessory structures but limit interior ADUs to 300 square feet and exempt open-air…
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