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Planning commission backs revised ADU rules to align Sunnyvale code with state law
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council introduce an ordinance amending Title 19 to update accessory dwelling unit rules, expand streamlined categories, and align definitions with recent state ADU laws.
The Sunnyvale Planning Commission on Feb. 10 voted 7-0 to recommend that City Council introduce an ordinance amending Title 19 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to update accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules and align local zoning with recent California ADU statutes.
Senior planner Astha Vasist presented the proposed ordinance, which restructures the ADU chapter, updates definitions, and expands categories of ADUs eligible for streamlined ministerial review. Key changes staff described include allowing up to three ADUs on single-family lots (an expansion to permit an attached or detached ADU plus a conversion or junior ADU), increasing the number of allowed new detached ADUs on multifamily lots (from two to as many as eight in qualifying circumstances pursuant to SB 1211), and formalizing a…
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