Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- ALU must share wall with principal structure
An ALU may be located only within or sharing at least one wall with the principal structure, including a second story above an attached garage.
- Owner must reside in principal or ALU
The property owner must reside in either the principal residence or the accessory living unit.
- Short-term rentalShort-term rentalA dwelling let to guests for brief stays — the zoning category behind Airbnb rules. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
An ALU may not be used as a short-term rental unit. As such, no occupancy agreement, whether through a formal lease or an informal agreement, is permitted for a period of fewer than 30 days.
- Maximum number of bedrooms in ALU2 count
No ALU shall contain more than two bedrooms.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. living unit size800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum size of an ALU is 800 square feet or 40% of the floor area of the principal residence, whichever provides a lesser amount of floor area.
From the ordinance
The maximum size of an ALU is 800 square feet or 40% of the floor area of the principal residence, whichever provides a lesser amount of floor area. No ALU shall contain more than two bedrooms.