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Board of Supervisors updates county ADU rules to match state law changes allowing more units on multi-family lots
Summary
County staff presented an amendment to the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) ordinance to conform to recent state law. The board adopted the revisions to allow more detached ADUs on multi-family lots, simplify parking replacement rules and permit up to three ADUs on many single-family lots.
Contra Costa County supervisors on May 13 adopted amendments to the county's accessory dwelling unit (ADU) ordinance to conform to changes in state law and to expand local ADU allowances.
Staff described the proposed changes as the county's ninth revision of Chapter 82.24 since 1987 and said the update was necessary to align with renumbered California Government Code provisions enacted earlier in the year. Among the principal changes adopted were: updating statutory references; allowing up to eight detached ADUs on a lot that already contains…
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