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Council narrows ADU sizes and requires suburban parking as it approves detached accessory dwelling rules

Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County · December 5, 2025
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Summary

Council approved BL1007 to set rules for detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs), adopting size caps based on lot size and a one-space-per-ADU parking requirement outside urban overlays; the ordinance passed on third reading with a roll-call vote.

On Dec. 4 the Metropolitan Council adopted BL1007, revising regulations for accessory buildings and detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs). The ordinance passed on third reading; the roll-call vote recorded 29 in favor, 8 opposed and 1 abstention.

Key changes included a parking requirement added in the substitute that requires one…

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