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Jefferson County to draft ADU ordinance, consider raising minimum lot size to two acres
Summary
Supervisors directed staff to draft a local accessory dwelling unit (ADU) ordinance to comply with a new state requirement allowing at least one ADU per lot, to link ADU permits with sanitation and 911/addressing requirements, and to prepare subdivision amendments and fee resolutions (including a suggested two-acre minimum lot size).
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors on June 20 directed staff to draft a local accessory dwelling unit ordinance and to prepare amendments to the county's subdivision ordinance after an extended discussion about sanitation, emergency response addressing and how to manage multiple dwellings on single parcels.
Speaker 4 opened the discussion by noting a new state law "that requires counties to allow 1 accessory dwelling unit" and proposed that the county "adopt our own ADU ordinance that complies with the new law of the state" while limiting ADUs to one per parcel. Board members debated how ADUs and movable 'mini homes' interact with county sanitation rules, whether units on foundations must be treated as real property and who is responsible for waste-disposal systems on leased lots.
Speakers pressed several operational details staff must resolve before an ordinance is finalized.…
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