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ADUs are legally permissible in many cities and states, but regulations about size, placement, design, and use vary widely. For more information about your local land use laws visit your municipal planning department website or call to speak with a planner as rules change frequently. Recently, many public officials are recognizing the potential for ADUs to satisfy housing needs in their local communities.<br/> |
ADUs are legally permissible in many cities and states, but regulations about size, placement, design, and use vary widely. For more information about your local land use laws visit your municipal planning department website or call to speak with a planner as rules change frequently. Recently, many public officials are recognizing the potential for ADUs to satisfy housing needs in their local communities.<br/> |
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comment in presentation by [https://twitter.com/JakeWegmann <s>@</s>'''JakeWegmann'''] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildSmall2017?src=hash <s>#</s>'''BuildSmall2017'''].<br/> |
comment in presentation by [https://twitter.com/JakeWegmann <s>@</s>'''JakeWegmann'''] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildSmall2017?src=hash <s>#</s>'''BuildSmall2017'''].<br/> |
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comment in presentation by [https://twitter.com/JakeWegmann <s>@</s>'''JakeWegmann'''] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildSmall2017?src=hash <s>#</s>'''BuildSmall2017'''].<br/> |
comment in presentation by [https://twitter.com/JakeWegmann <s>@</s>'''JakeWegmann'''] at [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildSmall2017?src=hash <s>#</s>'''BuildSmall2017'''].<br/> |
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Revision as of 08:19, 9 September 2019
An accessory dwelling unit is a simple and old idea: having a second small dwelling right on the same grounds, or attached to or inside, your regular single-family house, such as:
- an apartment over the garage
- a tiny house (on a foundation) in the backyard
- a basement apartment
Definition source: https://accessorydwellings.org/what-adus-are-and-why-people-build-them/
Alternative names
Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is the official name adopted by the State of California as of September 2017. Other jurisdictions may differ in terminology. Over time ADUs have assumed many names depending on cultural, regional, or communal consensus. Here are just a few terms synonymous with ADU used to describe "second units" on single-family properties:
- accessory apartment
- accessory dwelling
- accessory dwelling unit (the most commonly used term among planners, but weirdly, not used currently on Wikipedia)
- accessory suite (used here to specify an attached ADU)
- accessory unit
- ADU
- ancillary unit
- backyard cottage
- basement apartment
- carriage house
- dawdy' house (among Amish)
- garden cottage (used to specify a detached ADU)
- garden suite (used mostly in Canada)
- Grand Retreat (a commercial name)
- granny cottage
- granny flat
- granny pod [example]
- granny unit
- home within a home (used by Lennar marketing)
- in-law
- in-law suite
- in-law unit
- “JADU” or “junior accessory dwelling unit” — a small, internal ADU
- laneway house
- mother-in-law flat
- “mother-daughter” or “mother/daughter” house
- multigenerational homes
- Next Gen (a commercial name)
- Ohana unit (in Hawaii)
- SDU
- secondary suite (more common name in Canada)
- second unit
- secondary unit
- secondary dwelling unit
- sidekick
- tiny house [sometimes these are ADUs, sometimes not]
- two-family house
List Source: https://accessorydwellings.org/2012/06/04/beware-of-the-many-synonyms-for-adus/
Issues
Arguments for ADUs
ADUs are most widely used to allow extended family to live together in one location, creating a multi-generational household. More recently, ADUs are being viewed as investment opportunities for homeowners. For first time home buyers, an ADUs help accelerates mortgage paydown, or homeowners from older generations may establish an ADU from underutilized space to generate additional retirement income.
ADUs are legally permissible in many cities and states, but regulations about size, placement, design, and use vary widely. For more information about your local land use laws visit your municipal planning department website or call to speak with a planner as rules change frequently. Recently, many public officials are recognizing the potential for ADUs to satisfy housing needs in their local communities.
Should an ADU have to be tied to a main house?
comment in presentation by @JakeWegmann at #BuildSmall2017.
What if homeowners could subdivide their lots by-right?
comment in presentation by @JakeWegmann at #BuildSmall2017.
Movable ADUs
Fresno
Los Angeles
Types
Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (DADU)
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU)
In multi-unit building
Affordable Accessory Dwelling Unit (AADU)
State / local regulations & guides
General
https://accessorydwellings.org/
California
Berkeley:
http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/html/Berkeley23D/Berkeley23D10/Berkeley23D10.html
Oakland
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/report/oak050966.pdf
San Francisco
http://sf-planning.org/accessory-dwelling-units
San Jose
Code:
November 10, 2016 Amendments to Title 20 (Zoning Code): http://sanjose.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=2658&meta_id=600778. (24MB PDF).
Secondary Unit worksheet: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/615.
see also "Bulletin #250: Accessory Buildings and Structures. (non-dwelling): 6 Feb, 2017. http://www.sanjoseca.gov/documentcenter/view/1729
Scheinin, Richard. “Bank funds ‘granny’ units project in affordable housing experiment for San Jose, L.A.” Mercury News, October 9, 2017. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/09/an-affordable-housing-experiment-for-san-jose-and-los-angeles-bank-funds-pilot-project-to-help-build-granny-units/.
Giwargis, Ramona. “San Jose eases rules to build granny units to increase housing stock.” Mercury News, November 22, 2016. http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/22/san-jose-eases-rules-to-build-granny-units-a-new-source-of-affordable-housing/.
Colorado
Arvada
http://static.arvada.org/docs/ADU_Type_A_and_B-1-201408190707.pdf
Boulder
https://www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/103_adu_attachment-1-201305080946.pdf
City of Boulder "Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)" page: https://bouldercolorado.gov/housing/adu.
Centennial
https://issuu.com/nickworkman/docs/centennial_ldc_adopted_4-19-2010_flipbook_version/154
Colorado Springs
https://www.springsgov.com/units/planning/applications/2011/DAB2011/DAB_305.PDF
Denver
Durango
http://www.durangogov.org/DocumentCenter/View/3119
Golden
http://www.cityofgolden.net/media/pdf_4.pdf
Thornton
Michigan
Grand Rapids
http://urbangr.org/GRADURegs2018r2
Oregon
Washington
References
- Accessorydwellings.org - Portland-based portal for ADU info, probably the top information reference existing. Run by Kol Peters and Eli Spevak, alternative housing / ADU leaders.
- Boulder, Colorado [City of]. "Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). https://bouldercolorado.gov/housing/adu.
- Dineen, J. K. "New trend: Random spaces in existing buildings becoming rental housing." San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec 2017. http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/New-trend-Random-spaces-in-existing-buildings-12420435.php.
- Get help building an ADU: https://oviddesigndevelop.com.
- Giwargis, Ramona. “San Jose eases rules to build granny units to increase housing stock.” Mercury News, November 22, 2016. http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/22/san-jose-eases-rules-to-build-granny-units-a-new-source-of-affordable-housing/.
- Huang, Josie. “[ttp://www.scpr.org/news/2017/12/25/79179/la-embracing-granny-flats-more-than-anywhere-else/ Popular granny flats create a niche industry in LA.]” KPCC, 25 December, 2017. http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/12/25/79179/la-embracing-granny-flats-more-than-anywhere-else/.
- McCormick, Kathleen. "ADUs for all the right reasons." [Boulder] Daily Camera, 5 Jan 2018. http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_31572459/kathleen-mccormick-adus-all-right-reasons.
- Monahan, Rachel. “Are Tiny Houses a Solution to the Rental Crisis—Or Just a Good-Looking Symptom of It?” Willamette Week [Portland, OR], 25 October 2017. http://www.wweek.com/news/city/2017/10/25/are-tiny-houses-a-solution-to-the-rental-crisis-or-just-a-good-looking-symptom-of-it/.
- Regan, Matt. "Techonomics: New California Laws with Matt Regan of the Bay Area Council." (interview on KGO 810, 30 Sept 2016).
http://www.kgoradio.com/2016/09/30/techonomics-new-california-laws-with-matt-regan-of-the-bay-area-council/.
- Scheinin, Richard. “Bank funds ‘granny’ units project in affordable housing experiment for San Jose, L.A.” Mercury News, October 9, 2017. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/09/an-affordable-housing-experiment-for-san-jose-and-los-angeles-bank-funds-pilot-project-to-help-build-granny-units/.
- Toor, Will. "It's time for council to act on granny flats and backyard cottages." [Boulder] Daily Camera, 9 Dec 2017. http://www.dailycamera.com/columnists/ci_31512744/will-toor-its-time-council-act-granny-flats.
- Wegmann, Jake. "Insights to Guide the Future of ADU Development." [keynote at 2017 Build Small Live Large conference]. http://buildsmall-livelarge.com/session/keynote-ii-jake-wegmann/.
Research query for Twitter references (from:YIMBYwiki OR from:houslets OR from:tmccormick) AND (#accessorydwelling OR #accessorydwellings OR ADU OR ADUs):
Twitter: #accessorydwellings