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Planning staff proposes citywide ADU changes to comply with state law, cap sizes and remove appeals
Summary
Planning staff presented draft changes Jan. 14 to the city’s ADU regulations to make approvals administrative, align with recent state law, set size and height limits, and remove routine parking mandates.
City planning staff presented Jan. 14 draft amendments to the Unified Development Code to revise how accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are permitted across the city, align the rules with recent state legislation, and address implementation problems identified since the ordinance was adopted in 2020.
Sexton, the planning manager leading the update, said the 2020 ADU rules had produced a small number of permits — fewer than 30 per year in most years and about 60 ADUs total since 2020 — and staff proposes changes to make the rules clearer and administrative. State law requires decisions on ADU approvals to remain at the administrative level and prohibits…
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