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Planning commission recommends approval of ADU code amendment to align with new state laws
Summary
The Jurupa Valley Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval of Zoning Code Amendment 26001, updating local ADU and JADU rules to comply with SB 9, SB 543 and AB 1154; commissioners pressed staff for clarifications on ‘sanitation facilities,’ fee exemptions and how combined unit limits apply on single-family lots.
The Jurupa Valley Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend that the City Council adopt Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA) 26001, a draft ordinance revising local regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior ADUs (JADUs) to conform with recent state legislation.
Principal Planner Thomas Gorm summarized the required changes, saying the new state bills “establish new permitting timelines for processing applications” and revise how ADU size and fee rules are applied. He told commissioners the legislation creates a 15-day completeness check and a 60-day approval-or-denial timeline, shifts ADU square-footage limits to interior living-space measurement, allows certain combinations of ADUs and JADUs…
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