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Needles City Council adopts updated accessory-dwelling-unit ordinance to align with state law

City of Needles City Council · October 22, 2024
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Summary

The City of Needles adopted an updated ADU ordinance to bring local code into compliance with recent California state requirements, modifying size, parking, and use provisions and allowing certain ADUs as short-term rentals where state law permits.

The City of Needles City Council on the evening’s agenda adopted an updated accessory-dwelling-unit ordinance intended to align the municipal code with changes in California law.

City Manager presented the ordinance and said the update standardizes definitions for ADUs and junior ADUs, adjusts size and parking rules to meet state requirements, removes local provisions that state law now prohibits, and clarifies that ADUs may, in some cases, be used as short-term rentals consistent with state guidance. Planning…

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