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Planning staff propose by-right ADUs, smaller setbacks and faster reviews to support housing choice
Summary
Staff recommended allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) by right across residential districts, permitting attached, detached and internal ADUs with smaller setbacks and streamlined review to support affordability and aging-in-place; the board asked for design graphics, septic and covenant/HOA implications and clearer front-yard rules.
At the workshop, Virginia Norris, senior long-range planner, presented proposed updates to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations intended to expand small-scale housing options while keeping ADUs subordinate to the main dwelling.
Norris said the draft would allow ADUs by right in all residential zoning districts, include attached, detached and internal units, and use a…
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