HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/8/2020 Item 5, Correia
Wilbanks, Megan
From:cristina correia <tinapires@yahoo.com>
Sent:Wednesday,
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:ADU restrictions = less housing for the city of SLO
Planning Commissioners of San Luis Obispo,
I am a concerned resident of SLO and would like to address some of the proposed ADU changes to the states new
ADU laws. The state has passed these bills with the intention of creating more affordable housing in a denser and
more sustainable way and the City of SLO’s proposed changes seem to directly appose that goal. ADU's tend to be
smaller units (mostly one bedroom and studio units). The changing of the states verbiage will directly affect small
households that rent smaller units and homeowners like us that use rental income as a supplemental income in order
to afford to own. As you know, the city has a legal obligation to provide more housing and these changes would
prevent that happening for many individual homeowners and small developers. These are the people that live, work,
and spend money in San Luis Obispo. Leaving growth solely up to large developments will result in sprawl and
money leaving San Luis Obispo in the hands of large developers that don’t reside here. Please do not allow this to
happen to our city. Infill projects via ADU’s are vital for healthy growth. Some of the items that concern me being
proposed by the planning commission are:
Limiting the number of bedrooms in ADU's to 2 (currently no bedroom amt restriction)
Limiting size of detached ADU's from 1200 to 1000
Requiring JADU's to be located on owner-occupied property with a requirement to record a restrictive covenant
Requiring ADU design standards to match main house (some ADU's will be located on a separate street then main
and, while it would legally be part of the property, it would read as a neighboring house).
"The colors and materials of the accessory dwelling unit shall match the colors and materials of the primary
residential structure" (same point as above)
Making it possible for detached ADU's greater than 750 sq ft to be required to have a new utility connection and
impact fees to apply. This one is huge as there are a couple of areas in SLO that require you to replace a neighbor’s
lateral if you are adding a lateral on your property. So in the case of my lot it would be a connection for the
proposed main, a connection for the proposed ADU, and 2 neighbor replacements! A huge portion of my budget as
we self perform! 80k in laterals! Many homeowners would not build because of this particular restriction.
Only allowing JADU's on lots where the ADU is detached. So the main, ADU and JADU could not all be attached.
Not permitting JADU conversions from garages.
Not permitting JADU's being detached from main.
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Restricting JADU size to 500 sq ft (I believe state said 750 sq ft but I will have to double check this one)
Requiring JADU's to have a connection to the main house
I appreciate your time and consideration.
Cristina Pires
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