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Planning board backs ADU ordinance for Northwest/Southwest overlay with two‑story limit added

City of Delray Beach Planning & Zoning Board · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The board recommended the city adopt an ordinance allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the Northwest/Southwest overlay as workforce housing, adding an amendment to limit ADUs to properties whose principal structure does not exceed two stories.

The Planning & Zoning Board recommended that the City Commission adopt Ordinance 12‑26, a city‑initiated amendment to the land‑development regulations to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the Northwest/Southwest Neighborhood Overlay as a form of workforce housing, and the board added an amendment restricting ADUs to lots where the principal structure does not exceed two stories.

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