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Objective Design Standards The following changes were made regarding objective design standards for two-story ADUs: • The requirement to offset windows in an ADU from the existing windows in neighboring residences was deleted, as directed by the Planning Commission • The term "frosted" was added to the window mitigation measure (the term, "obscure" was retained). The meaning and purpose of both of these were clarified to indicate, "glass which is patterned or textured such that objects, shapes, and patterns beyond the glass are not easily distinguishable." The PMC amendments as drafted still include a "distance requirement," meaning that a new window(s) in an ADU must implement one of the privacy mitigations if it is located 25 feet or less from a property linen. Although one Planning Commissioner at the July 8 meeting commented that the "distance requirement" should not be maintained, staff proposes to keep it so that ADUs located a substantial distance from a property line would not be required to implement privacy measures (an effort to be less, rather than more, restrictive in these cases). Owner-occupancy Requirements for ADUs The City has received public comment regarding owner-occupancy requirements for ADUs constructed prior to 2020 (state law prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing owner- occupancy requirements for ADUs approved between 2020 and 2025). This was also a point of discussion between the Planning Commission at the June 24 and July 8 meetings: the Planning Commission directed staff to modify the PMC such that owner-occupancy for either the ADU or the primary residence would not be required. This change has been implemented to the draft PMC amendments and would apply retroactively to properties for which owner- occupancy has been required, as well as to new approvals. Owner-occupancy between the primary residence and a JADU, if proposed, is still required. For both an ADU and JADU, the rental period is required to be longer than 30 days. Secondly, existing language in the PMC that states the property owner can rent both the primary residence and the ADU to a single party is proposed to be deleted.3 Therefore, the primary residence and the ADU could be rented to a single tenant or each could be rented to two different tenants, as long as the rental periods are longer than 30 days. Finally, as drafted, the PMC also removes the requirement for a deed restriction for both ADUs and JADUs. The deed restriction was to serve as documentation regarding the ADU to future buyers of a property with an ADU, but the usefulness of the deed restriction has been called into question by members of the public that are interested in removing owner-occupancy requirement for all ADUs. Since the deed restriction language refers property owners to enforceable provisions contained within the PMC, and there are no provisions of the deed This 25-foot measurement is to replace the previously proposed requirement imposing one of the window mitigations if a new window in a proposed ADU was facing either a neighboring residence or a neighboring private yard. This change is intended to simplify the standard and remove ambiguity that could arise from the term,"facing"as was discussed in response to the example presented at the July 8 Planning Commission meeting. The PMC will continue to include the provision that the owner of a property with a JADU may rent both the primary unit and the JADU to a single party. P20-0412, Accessory Dwelling Units Planning Commission 4 of 7