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Toledo planners push ADU and legal nonconforming-lot text amendments to ease infill housing
Summary
City planning staff presented text amendments to allow accessory dwelling units and to permit residential uses on small, legal nonconforming lots; the Zoning and Planning Committee recommended both measures to the full council.
City of Toledo planners on Sept. 17, 2025, presented two related zoning text amendments intended to expand housing options in existing neighborhoods: one to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and another to permit residential construction on legally nonconforming lots. The Zoning and Planning Committee recommended both amendments be referred to the full City Council for approval.
Planning staff said the proposals are part of the city27s long-range housing initiatives under the Forward Toledo plan and aim to encourage infill, multigenerational living and incremental housing supply without changing base zoning districts.
Ryan Sunbolts, senior planner with the City of Toledo Planning Commission, and Esther Tetay, author of the ADU text amendment, explained the ADU proposal would permit one ADU per lot in single-family zoning districts. Key provisions explained by staff…
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