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Draft includes design rules for 3+ unit projects and standardizes parking requirements
Summary
Consultants proposed new design standards for housing of three or more units to preserve neighborhood character (façade, entry orientation, limit garage dominance) and recommended a standardized 1.5 parking spaces per unit for multiunit housing and one space per ADU.
Rachel explained the draft's approach to design and parking: new objective design standards would apply to housing projects of three or more units to help preserve Yachats' character and pedestrian orientation.
She said the standard for multiunit housing would be 1.5 spaces per unit and that duplexes previously had a higher requirement that the draft would align with the multiunit standard: "we're recommending 1.5 spaces per unit," Rachel said. For ADUs the recommendation is one space per accessory dwelling unit, with limited on-street parking credits in narrowly defined circumstances.
Some attendees welcomed design standards as a way to ensure new housing 'fits in' while others worried standards could feel like homeowner-association rules. Presenters said the standards were designed to be clear, objective and applicable to developments of three or more units, and that design details would be further refined after public feedback.
