Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory dwelling units
- Maximum expansion of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The ADU or JADU unit is within the proposed space of a single-family dwelling or existing space of a single-family dwelling or accessory structure and may include an expansion of not more than 150 square feet beyond the same physical dimensions as the existing accessory structure.
- Maximum floor area800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A total floor area limitation of not more than 800 square feet.
- Minimum side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.4 ft
One detached, new construction, ADU that does not exceed four-foot side and rear yard setbacks for a lot with a proposed or existing single-family dwelling.
- Percolation test required
Any ADU that shall be connected to an onsite wastewater treatment system must provide, as part of its application, a percolation test completed within the last five years, or, if the percolation test has been recertified, within the last ten years.
From the ordinance
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in the chapter, the city shall ministerially approve an application for a building permit within a residential or mixed-use zone to create any ADU or JADU that complies with the following standards (a "state exemption" ADU or JADU).