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Amelia County zoning committee reviews accessory dwelling unit rules; recommends comp-plan alignment
Summary
The Amelia County zoning committee reviewed a memorandum on accessory dwelling units (ADUs), debated requirements such as separate wells and septic systems, lot-size thresholds and limits inside subdivisions, and agreed the issue should be addressed alongside the county's comprehensive plan before ordinance changes are adopted.
Committee members and county planning staff discussed potential updates to Amelia County's rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also referred to in the meeting as "detached dwelling units." Planning staff presented a brief memorandum summarizing common approaches in other localities and asked committee members for direction on which options they preferred.
Curtis, a community development staff member, summarized options that included requiring a separate well and septic system for each ADU, imposing acreage or lot-size minimums, setting a maximum ADU square footage as a percentage of the principal dwelling, and limiting ADUs in subdivisions. "The accessory dwelling…
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