Land use · Orinda, California

Accessory dwelling unit

Named in 8 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Orinda’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 2Reads like a definition

but not limited to pruning standards published by the International Society of Arboriculture. **" Accessory dwelling unit "** means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and

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Manufactured Home on Individual Lot | Four: two enclosed/two unenclosed | | | Accessory Dwelling Unit | See Section 17.3.4 | | | Residential Care | One per three licensed beds | | | Multifamily Senior Housing

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99-5 § 2 Exh. A (part)) ## 17.4.22 - Accessory structures. A. Garages, accessory dwelling units proposed in new accessory structures, and additions to existing accessory structures to accommodate new accessory dwelling units shall conform to the

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home or expansion of an existing home, including an expansion to accommodate an accessory dwelling unit in conformance with Section 17.3.4, shall be established as set forth in this section. A. **Lots Under Twenty Thousand Square Feet.**

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right8

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.