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Council amends accessory dwelling unit rules: removes extra parking requirement, raises detached size to 1,000 sq. ft.
Summary
Florence City Council approved amendments to its Unified Development Ordinance on accessory dwelling units, striking a requirement for an additional parking space and increasing the maximum detached ADU size from 800 to 1,000 square feet.
The Florence City Council approved amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) affecting accessory dwelling units (ADUs), removing a proposed requirement for an additional parking space and increasing the maximum detached ADU size.
At the second reading, Councilmember Mallet moved to strike a provision that would have required an ADU to provide "one improved parking space in addition to the required parking for the principal structure." The motion to remove that language was seconded and passed when members answered "aye." Councilmembers then approved a separate amendment to change the maximum detached ADU size from 800 square feet to 1,000 square feet. The council recorded the same change for attached ADUs.
Council discussion focused on the specific numbered items in the draft ordinance (references in the UDO to item 13 and item 17 as read in the meeting), with members seeking clarification about whether the size change applied to attached, detached, or both types of ADUs; members confirmed the change applied to detached units and that attached units would follow the same 1,000-square-foot cap in the amended provision.
The amended ordinance will return as the version to be finalized at the next relevant reading per the council's ordinance process. The meeting record shows the amendments were adopted by voice vote; the transcript records "the ayes have it" without a roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
Why it matters: ADU rules affect homeowners, property owners, and housing supply by setting parking and size limits that can alter feasibility for secondary units used for rental housing or multigenerational living.
What the record shows: Council voted on the amendments during the second-reading process. The ordinance text references sections of the UDO governing ADUs and specifies the struck/changed provisions by numbered item in the draft. The council did not provide a numbered roll-call vote in the transcript; the clerk recorded the voice vote outcome as "the ayes have it."
