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Tiburon council adopts updated ADU ordinance to align with state law; proposal to raise ADU cap to 1,200 sq ft fails
Summary
Council approved first reading of a repeal-and-replace update to Tiburon Municipal Code chapter on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to conform with state law. A late amendment to increase the ministerial ADU maximum from 1,000 to 1,200 square feet (to allow a second bedroom) failed; the ordinance passed on original terms.
The Tiburon Town Council on Jan. 15 approved first reading of an ordinance to repeal and replace the town's ADU (accessory dwelling unit) rules to bring local code into conformity with state law and to reorganize permitting procedures and objective design standards.
Associate Planner Savannah Van Aken presented the staff report summarizing substantive changes required by state law (changes to permitting, height and parking rules, and clearer definitions for junior ADUs) as well as staff-initiated clarifications such as an added roof-deck subsection and more explicit objective standards. Van Aken said…
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