Commission discusses ADU code changes, state shift makes detached ADUs permitted uses
Staff explained state changes now treat detached ADUs as permitted uses; the Commission debated size limits, lot-percentage rules, fire access beyond 150 feet, and potential infrastructure impacts such as water and sewer capacity.
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Troy Moyes, City Planner, summarized the three ADU types the city regulates and highlighted recent state direction. "Recent state changes requiring detached ADUs to be treated as permitted uses in qualifying single-family residential areas rather than conditional uses," Moyes said, "mean detached ADUs will no longer come before the Planning Commission for approval."
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