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Clarkdale committee directs staff to clarify ADU definitions and sewer-fee links in Chapter 4

Zoning Code Update Citizen Advisory Committee · March 12, 2026
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Summary

After extended discussion about when accessory dwelling units should trigger additional sewer charges, the advisory committee asked staff to place explicit ADU definitions and sewer/tap guidance in Chapter 4 and to return a revised draft before the March 24 joint review; no fee changes were made at the meeting.

Committee members spent a large portion of the March 5 meeting focused on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and how they are treated for sewer utilities and permitting.

Several members raised that under the town's current practice an accessory unit that is a separate livable unit'often indicated by the presence of a kitchen and independent bathing facilities'has been treated in the utility fee schedule as an additional residential unit for sewer-base charges. Members noted that the existing draft language in Chapter 2 (definitions) left ambiguity: the draft contained a definition that "an accessory…

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