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Scotts Valley introduces ADU and SB 9 ordinance changes after HCD review; council votes to notice ministerial hearings
Summary
Council introduced ordinance 16.143 to align local ADU and SB 9 rules with state law after HCD feedback and directed staff to provide courtesy notice for ministerial ADU and SB 9 hearings while the city tracks the process and public response.
The Scotts Valley City Council unanimously introduced Ordinance No. 16.143 as a first reading to amend municipal code titles 16 and 17 to clarify rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), junior ADUs, urban lot splits and SB 9 residential development, and to tidy ministerial design review procedures. Staff said the amendments respond to a review from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and to recently changed state requirements.
Ben Noble, the city planning consultant, told the council the changes are largely clarifying and intended to bring the local code into compliance with…
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