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Council discusses ADU parking changes as staff flags state limits on basement units
Summary
Syracuse City Council work session reviewed planning-commission recommendations to amend municipal code for accessory dwelling units, focusing on parking counts, basement apartment limits and minimum lot size; staff and council members raised winter parking and enforcement concerns and agreed to return the item to a future agenda.
Syracuse City Council discussed proposed amendments to the city municipal code related to accessory dwelling units, including parking requirements and minimum lot-size standards.
Planning staff reported that the Planning Commission recommended changing the local rules so that on-street parking could not be counted as a required stall when an accessory dwelling unit has two or more bedrooms. Staff also told the council that state law limits local requirements for basement apartments to a single assigned parking stall even when a basement unit…
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