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Planning Commission recommends ADU code updates to align with new state law
Summary
Commissioners recommended City Council adopt updates to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations to reflect AB 462, AB 1154 and SB 543-related changes, adjusting size, fee and application-timing rules and directing staff to pursue an urgency ordinance to meet state deadlines.
The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a city-initiated amendment to local ADU regulations to implement recent state laws affecting accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Planner Nathan Castillo summarized the required changes: revised definitions of interior livable space; clarified that certain attached structures (garages) are not included in interior-square-foot calculations; new impact-fee rules that exempt ADUs under 500 square feet from local development impact fees (and impose school fees for intermediate sizes);…
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