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Council reviews draft rules limiting accessory buildings and requiring material matching
Summary
Staff proposed limiting detached accessory buildings to 60% of a primary house footprint and adding material-design standards for structures 400 sq ft and larger; council members expressed concerns about the 60% cap and the 400-sq-ft threshold and asked staff to refine the draft before formal filing.
Jason Jaeggi, director of community development, presented a staff draft amending the zoning ordinance's accessory-building rules. The draft would cap any single accessory building at 60% of the primary structure's ground-floor area and require detached accessory buildings of 400 square feet or larger to use exterior materials similar to the primary dwelling.
Jaeggi said the 60% figure is a…
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