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Draft UDO allows ADUs with size limits, bars their automatic use as short‑term rentals; manufactured homes treated like site-built houses

Madison City Planning Commission · December 4, 2025
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Summary

The draft ordinance defines accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as detached accessory dwellings with minimum and maximum living-area limits, restricts ADU use as short‑term rentals unless separately approved, and notes state statute requires single manufactured homes on individual lots be treated the same as stick‑built homes while parks remain regulated.

Amy explained detailed housing provisions in Chapter 3, including accessory dwelling units (ADUs), manufactured-home rules and short-term rental standards.

ADUs: Under the draft, ADUs are detached accessory dwellings intended for permanent occupancy and must meet building-code standards for dwellings. The rules cited a minimum living area of about 300 square feet and a maximum of 800 square feet or half of the primary dwelling’s footprint (whichever is smaller). Amy…

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