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Subject:April 2 Agenda Item: 7a
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Dear Mayor and City Council members,
I am writing in support of Agenda item 7a, and specifically the modifications to Section 13.08.396 H ("Sewer capacity
offsets within the same parcel boundary (on-site) may be considered as an offset credit for a residential intensification
project, at the discretion of the utilities director. and therefore help reduce unnecessary burden on those building an ADU
on an same parcel single-family residence.")
We have lived in San Luis Obispo for 35 years. We are fortunate enough to own our home. Our children who are young
adults would like to remain in San Luis Obispo. However, the cost to rent or even find a rental is
becoming nearly impossible. With this issue in mind, we embarked on building an ADU on our property so we could offer
a place where a family member could affordably live.
On the surface, it seems the city is encouraging the addition of ADU's to help relieve the pressures on the costly and
limited rental market. However, that does not seem to be the case in practice. One example is the current "Wastewater
Flow Offset Program" which currently requires an individual building an ADU to pay for an "offsite" lateral replacement
(not our own property) before a permit can be issued. In addition, we are also required to pay for the replacement of
our own sewer lateral as our own lateral cannot count toward the Offset credit. Requiring the replacement of two
laterals when building one ADU is a tremendous financial burden -- a burden that is acknowledged in the revisions in
Section 13.08.396 H.
I encourage you each to better understand the discrepancies between the ADU/building policies and codes and how
they function in reality for the individual. I would be happy to explain other challenges that we have encountered during
the permitting phase.
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Chris and Sterling McBride
Florence Ave, San Luis Obispo
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