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<br />Item No: 11B <br />Meeting Date: March 23, 2016 <br />Type of Business: _____Reports <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jon Sevald, Planner <br />Date: May 23, 2016 <br />Item Title/Subject: Accessory Dwelling Units <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />At the May 2, 2016 Council Work Session, a resident requested that the City Council <br />consider allowing an “Accessory Dwelling Unit” within the R-1 Single Family Residential <br />District, specifically, an apartment above the garage. The Council requested that Staff <br />look into this topic further. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a second dwelling unit on a property, separate <br />(independent) from the primary dwelling. Examples include a “Mother In-law <br />apartment”, a living area above an attached or detached garage, a basement apartment <br />with a separate entrance from the main-house, or a separate structure altogether. <br /> <br />The Zoning Code does not permit Accessory Dwelling Units.1 The intent of the R-1 <br />District is to allow single-family residences (vs. two-family). Two-Family Dwelling Units <br />are permitted in the R-2 District. <br /> <br />Staff’s interpretation of the City Code 2 is that a single-family home in the R-1 District <br />cannot be occupied by two independent families, in which each dwelling unit includes a <br />“complete kitchen” and living quarters. Additionally, a single-family home may have <br />space rented to no more than two boarders 3 if there is a common entrance between all <br />living areas. An example includes a rented basement bedroom, which may have a <br />basement kitchen and living area that is accessible to all within the single-family home, <br />and has a common exterior entrance. The key is that the area rented does not meet <br />the definition of a “Two-Family Dwelling”; <br /> <br />Zoning Code, Section 1102.02 (Definitions) <br />Subd. 43. DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY: A dwelling designed exclusively for <br />occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other, also known as <br />double bungalow, duplex, side-by-side two (2)-family dwellings. <br /> <br />Survey of Area Cities: <br />Staff surveyed area cities regarding how they regulate ADU’s. A summary of their <br /> <br />1 Zoning Code, Section 1103.02, Subd 1; Dwelling Unit Restrictions <br />2 Zoning Code, Section 1102.02, Subd 43; Dwelling, Two-Family Unit, and Subd 44; Dwelling Unit <br />3 Zoning Code, Section 1102.02, Subd 44; Dwelling Unit