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Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Discussion <br />City Council Review; 2-1-22 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 4 <br /> Occupant requirements. Requiring the ADU occupant to have a service connection to the larger property can be <br />an impediment to ADUs. <br /> Age and disability requirements. Restricting ADUs to senior housing or health care dwellings can greatly restrict <br />the number of units potentially created. <br /> Restrictions on the number of occupants. Some jurisdictions have moved to restrict the total number of <br />residents allowed on the property. <br /> As-of-right designations vs. Special Review. Allowing ADU’s as a by-right use as opposed to being a Special Use <br />has been shown to impact the number of proposed ADUs in a community. <br /> Architectural Standards. Requiring that materials match the existing home vs. using materials and colors <br />“compatible” with the existing home can have tremendous impact on project cost. <br />HOW DOES NEW BRIGHTON CODE CURRENTLY DEAL WITH ADU’s? <br /> ADU’s are largely prohibited by New Brighton City Code except for two narrow exceptions: <br />(1) R-1 Single-Family lots with at least double the minimum lot size square footage (≤ 20,000 sq ft) are allowed <br />to have “separate living quarters for domestic services employed on the premises.” Some residents with the <br />largest lots in the City have successfully used this provision to build what is essentially an ADU. To put this <br />option in perspective, we roughly estimate this might be an avenue for (at most) 3% of the City’s single- <br />family lots. Note that most of those lots also belong to our most affluent residents (i.e. lakeshore lots with <br />property extending into the lakes). <br />(2) Temporary Health Care Dwellings are currently allowed with a proper license. Because the use is temporary <br />and because of the costs to establish these units is not unsubstantial, this is a very seldom-used avenue in <br />code (staff does not recall seeing any such requests <br />SUGGESTED RESOURCES TO CONSULT <br /> https://accessorydwellings.org/ <br /> https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/about/info-2018/2018-community-challenge-atlanta- <br />georgia.html <br /> (Attached) Family Housing Fund’s booklet entitled Home + home Twin Cities ADU Guidebook <br /> https://www.yardhomesmn.com/ <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> Consider the materials presented and direct staff on whether ADU’s should be a primary area of focus for staff. <br /> If yes, what time frame would Council like to see this matter addressed (immediately, before the end of the <br />year, with the zoning code update project, long-term, etc).