Item 64 - encouraging accessory dwellings
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:34 pm
On behalf of Council Member Tovo:
Colleagues:
At yesterday's work session, several of you expressed an interest in learning more about the places cited in my ADU resolution. Below is a link to a document Jim Duncan presented to the Zoning and Platting Commission, which served as the source of this information.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 103224.pdf
Likewise, I have cited Chicago’s ordinance as one our staff should review, particularly with regard to crafting a preservation requirement. (Chicago requires preservation of the primary structure on a site as a condition for allowing ADUs in attics, basements, and accessory building.) Most of my information re. the City of Chicago comes from conversations my staff have had with that city’s planning staff; information on Chicago's ADU ordinance is pasted below:
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/d ... nance.html
Also below is a link to a study by the University of Texas that concludes:
"It seems that an opportunity exists to improve the ADU ordinance to increase affordable development by encouraging ADU construction behind existing housing instead of ADU construction as part of demolition and redevelopment. Further, it may help affordability to limit the size of new homes in neighborhoods that contain smaller and older homes.”
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collection ... b79?item=3
Colleagues:
At yesterday's work session, several of you expressed an interest in learning more about the places cited in my ADU resolution. Below is a link to a document Jim Duncan presented to the Zoning and Platting Commission, which served as the source of this information.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 103224.pdf
Likewise, I have cited Chicago’s ordinance as one our staff should review, particularly with regard to crafting a preservation requirement. (Chicago requires preservation of the primary structure on a site as a condition for allowing ADUs in attics, basements, and accessory building.) Most of my information re. the City of Chicago comes from conversations my staff have had with that city’s planning staff; information on Chicago's ADU ordinance is pasted below:
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/d ... nance.html
Also below is a link to a study by the University of Texas that concludes:
"It seems that an opportunity exists to improve the ADU ordinance to increase affordable development by encouraging ADU construction behind existing housing instead of ADU construction as part of demolition and redevelopment. Further, it may help affordability to limit the size of new homes in neighborhoods that contain smaller and older homes.”
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collection ... b79?item=3