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Hooper planning staff advance draft changes to accessory dwelling and oversized-structure rules; parking and impervious-surface caps debated
Summary
Planning staff presented proposed ordinance changes to accessory dwelling units and accessory structures that would allow one attached and one detached secondary unit per principal dwelling and tie maximum detached-unit size to accessory-building limits.
Planning staff presented a package of proposed ordinance edits to Hooper’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and accessory-structure regulations, focusing on allowable sizes, parking, impervious-surface limits and how oversized accessory buildings interact with ADUs.
Malcolm, the planning staff lead, told the commission the draft would allow each principal dwelling to qualify for one secondary attached unit and one secondary detached unit, with a proposed minimum living area of 400 square feet. The draft ties the maximum detached secondary unit size to a percentage of allowed accessory building area — staff proposed 50% as a starting point, or up to the accessory-building cap…
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