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Newberry planning board backs changes to accessory dwelling unit rules, sends ordinance to commission
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended that the City Commission consider ordinance 2025‑74 to revise accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules — including raising the ADU size cap to 1,700 sq ft and allowing separate septic on large parcels — forwarding the item for first reading on Jan. 12, 2026.
The Planning & Zoning Board of the City of Newberry voted to recommend that the City Commission consider ordinance 2025‑74, a text amendment to the city’s land development regulations that revises rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Miss Hector, a planning staff presenter, told the board that ADUs are "additional dwellings on the same parcel as a primary dwelling," and traced the local rules to a 2018 city ordinance adopted after the state allowed local governments to authorize ADUs without changing comprehensive plan density. The proposal before the board would raise the ADU square‑foot cap…
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