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Fairfax adopts urgency ordinance to align ADU rules with new state law; council preserves local options
Summary
Council adopted an urgency ordinance updating local ADU/JADU regulations to comply with recent state law changes effective Jan. 1. Key changes: JADUs can no longer be used as short-term rentals; ADU fee reductions and legalization amnesty were extended.
The Fairfax Town Council on Dec. 3 adopted an urgency ordinance to bring the town’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and junior ADU (JADU) code into conformance with recent state law changes set to take effect Jan. 1.
Planning staff summarized the principal changes: if the governor declares a state of emergency homeowners can build ADUs first in some disaster scenarios; JADUs are now barred from use as…
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