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Staff proposes looser ADU rules: larger unit sizes, fewer procedural barriers, and clarifications on utilities and parking
Summary
Staff proposed ADU rule changes: raise the maximum unit size to 800 sq ft or 50% of the principal dwelling, allow conditional relief for undersized lots, and relax shared-meter, driveway and additional-parking requirements.
Planning staff presented a proposed rewrite of the city's accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) performance standards intended to encourage more ADU construction while clarifying subordinate-use criteria and procedural options.
Staff said the proposed amendments would not expand where ADUs are allowed (they remain limited to zoning districts that permit single-family dwellings) but would make several substantive changes: increase the maximum ADU size from the current 500 square feet (or 25% of the principal dwelling, whichever…
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