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File #: PC 18-025    Version: 1 Name: ZT-18-01b
Type: PC-Document Status: PC-Regular
In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 6/7/2018 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing to consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment No. ZT-18-01b (Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance), amending Chapter 28 (Zoning Regulations) of the Solano County Code to revise and update land use regulations for secondary dwellings in Residential and Agricultural zoning districts. (Attachment A: Secondary Dwelling Unit Ordinance)
Attachments: 1. A - DRAFT ORDINANCE MARKUP Secondary Dwelling Unit Ordinance
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Public Hearing to consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment No. ZT-18-01b (Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance), amending Chapter 28 (Zoning Regulations) of the Solano County Code to revise and update land use regulations for secondary dwellings in Residential and Agricultural zoning districts. (Attachment A: Secondary Dwelling Unit Ordinance)

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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the Planning Commission consider and make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors adopt the proposed Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment No. ZT-18-01b (Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance), amending Chapter 28 (Zoning Regulations) of the Solano County Code to revise and update land use regulations for secondary dwellings in Residential and Agricultural zoning districts (Attachment A: Secondary Dwelling Unit Ordinance).

SUMMARY:

On January 1, 2017, new state legislation went in to effect mandating certain minimum requirements for any local zoning regulations pertaining to accessory dwelling units. The main effect of the legislation was to cap, at 1,200 square feet, the size of any secondary dwelling permitted by a city or county. This new legislation went into effect January 1, 2018. The legislation also imposed several restrictions and requirements which local government must meet in any local ordinance regulating secondary dwellings. Prior to this legislation, secondary dwellings could be permitted up to 1,800 square feet in certain Solano County zoning districts.
The legislation permits local agencies to adopt secondary dwelling unit regulations with different size limitations providing the local ordinances comply with all of the state's rules. Staff has prepared two ordinances which, together, restore the maximum sizes for secondary dwellings which were in effect prior to January 1, 2018 ...

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