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Conduct a public hearing to consider Zoning Text Amendments ZT-18-01a and ZT-18-01b and the Planning Commission's affirmative recommendation on each amendment; Adopt the Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment ZT-18-01a, to clarify and re-state existing land use regulations for dwellings and for agricultural and residential accessory buildings; and Adopt the Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment ZT-18-01b, to revised and update land use regulations for accessory dwellings in Agricultural and Residential zoning districts
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Published Notice Required? Yes _X_ No _ _
Public Hearing Required? Yes _X_ No _ _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Waive reading of the two proposed ordinances;
2. Conduct a public hearing to consider Zoning Text Amendments ZT-18-01a and ZT-18-01b, and the Planning Commission's affirmative recommendation on each amendment;
3. Adopt the Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment ZT-18-01a, to clarify and re-state existing land use regulations for dwellings and for agricultural and residential accessory buildings; and
4. Adopt the Ordinance, Zoning Text Amendment ZT-18-01b, to revised and update land use regulations for accessory dwellings in Agricultural and Residential zoning districts.
SUMMARY:
On January 1, 2018, new state legislation (AB 2299 and SB 1069) went in to effect mandating new minimum requirements for local zoning regulations pertaining to accessory dwelling units (Referred to as Secondary Dwelling Units in the Solano County code). 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. The legislation also imposed additional restrictions and requirements which local government must meet in any local ordinance regulating secondary dwellings. Prior to this legislation, secondary dwellings in certain Solano County zoning districts could be permitted up to 1,800 sq...
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