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Council approves code changes to encourage ADUs, infill and flexible garage/porch design
Summary
The council approved a package of zoning amendments intended to ease administrative hurdles for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allow more flexible attached-garage design and porches, and remove private "usable open space" requirements that have blocked small infill projects.
The Common Council adopted a multi-part package of zoning changes on Feb. 25 designed to make it easier to build accessory dwelling units, modest infill housing and to give homeowners more flexibility in garage and porch design.
Supporters said the changes remove technical barriers that have made small-scale housing harder and more expensive to build, while staff said the package focuses on problems they see most often at the public counter.
Key changes in the adopted package include: raising certain ADU footprint allowances (detached ADUs permitted up to a 1,000-square-foot footprint to align with detached-garage limits, with attached additions similarly allowed up to 1,000 square feet); removing an internal cap on ADU bedrooms; allowing alternative configurations for small multi-unit homes…
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