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Enid staff propose ADU text amendment to allow accessory units, set construction and parking standards
Summary
City planning staff presented a proposed accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) text amendment to add smaller permitted units to help housing supply. Proposals include definitions, zoning-by-use rules, IRC construction standards, a 30% rear-yard footprint cap, one paved parking space per ADU and use-by-review in single-family zones.
City planning staff presented a proposed text amendment that would define and regulate accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Title 11, Sec. 7, as part of an effort to add smaller, potentially affordable housing units across Enid.
"This is on what ADUs look like for the city of Enid," Jacqueline said, describing the proposed definition: a smaller independent residential dwelling unit on the same lot as the principal structure, not an unpermitted shed or subdivision of the lot.
Under the draft, ADUs would be permitted by right in higher-density zoning (for example, multifamily zones) and subject to use-by-review processes in more restrictive single-family zones. The proposal requires ADUs to be built to the current International Residential Code, have a permanent heat source (68—6F), include a kitchenette and bathroom to be considered habitable, be located in the rear yard, be limited to 30% of the rear-yard area and be limited to one ADU per lot. The draft also calls for at least one paved parking space per ADU (with alley/gravel exceptions possible in certain circumstances) and design compatibility with the primary structure.
Commissioners raised questions about Homeowners Association covenants and historic-district review. Staff noted that covenants are private agreements the city cannot enforce but that petitions and historic-preservation review would be factors during use-by-review; historic-district proposals would first go to the Historic Preservation Commission.
Staff said the text amendment will include a conversion tip sheet for property owners explaining construction requirements and code thresholds and will return to the commission for formal action at a later meeting.
