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Hooper staff propose larger accessory units, council stresses more off-street parking
Summary
At a Hooper City Council work meeting, planning staff outlined a proposal to increase allowable sizes for accessory structures and detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Council members raised concerns about winter parking and enforcement if the thresholds expand.
Hooper City Council work-session — Planning staff presented a recommendation to allow substantially larger accessory structures and detached accessory dwelling units, and council members asked staff to tighten parking and enforcement standards before drafting ordinance language.
The recommendation, drawn from the planning commission, would raise the permitted size for accessory structures and allow detached ADUs to reach up to 50% of the allowed accessory-structure size by zone; in some zones that would allow units substantially larger than the current maximum, the staff presentation said. Staff also proposed separating “secondary attached” and “secondary detached” dwelling…
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