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Staff proposes classifying dwellings with more than four bedrooms as "independent living facilities," sparking commission concern
Summary
City staff proposed amending the zoning code to presume newly built or renovated dwellings with more than four bedrooms are "independent living facilities," a change meant to capture rent-by-room developments. Commissioners questioned evidentiary standards and warned of impacts on student and affordable housing.
City planners on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the zoning code that would presume newly constructed or renovated dwellings with more than four bedrooms are "independent living facilities," a designation intended to bring high-bedroom, rent-by-room projects under special-use review.
Assistant City Attorney Christina McGrawans Tillery told the planning commission the change is a definitional clarification, not a new use, and was prompted by a rise in developments that appear to be rented by the bedroom. "We continue to see a number of projects coming before our plans review and building inspections folks for single-family, two-family and townhouse dwellings with large numbers of bedrooms to be rented out by the bedroom," Tillery said. She added that the threshold aligns with…
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