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Oakland planning commission backs ADU code changes and local fire‑hazard references
Summary
The commission recommended City Council approve amendments to Oakland’s ADU rules to reflect state law (SB 1211), including allowing up to eight detached ADUs on some multifamily lots and removing replacement-parking requirements for uncovered spaces; it also approved aligning local code references to the city’s very high fire hazard severity zone mapping.
The Oakland Planning Commission on May 7 recommended that City Council adopt a package of planning‑code amendments to update local accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations under recent state law and to align city code references to the very high fire hazard severity zone (VHFHSZ).
Planner Khalilah Haines told commissioners the changes respond to Senate Bill 1211 (adopted September 2024), which "increases the number of detached ADUs that are allowed on an existing multifamily building from 2 to 8" provided ADU counts do not exceed the number of units in the main building. Haines said staff’s proposed edits also remove a local requirement that applicants replace uncovered parking spaces removed to construct an ADU, clarify "livable space" definitions and narrow the use of subjective design standards for…
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