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Resident tells council retroactive permitting and alleged lack of enforcement left neighborhood burdened by unpermitted ADU
Summary
A Grand Prairie resident said an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit used as an extended-stay rental has caused years of nuisance problems and called on the city to enforce short-term-rental and ADU rules consistently and to verify compliance rather than retroactively legalizing structures.
A Grand Prairie resident told the City Council she has reported code violations for more than five years at a neighboring property she says contains an unpermitted detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and has become an extended-stay rental.
Melissa Cotter told the council she has documented repeated problems including an unpermitted ADU, a garage-to-bedroom conversion…
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