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18.106.040 Standards for attached accessory dwelling—Height limitations,setbacks,open space, <br /> and other regulations. <br /> Attached accessory dwelling units shall meet the requirements in Section 18.106.060 of this chapter and <br /> the following requirements: <br /> A. Attached accessory dwelling units shall be subject to the maximum height,and the minimum front, <br /> A.Attached accessory dwelling units shall not exceed 16 feet in height except when the accessory <br /> dwelling unit is the result of the conversion of existing space. Except for an attached accessory <br /> dwelling unit that meets the Statewide Exemption Accessory Dwelling Unit Standards in Section <br /> 18.106.020,attached accessory dwelling units shall be subject to the minimum front, rear,and side <br /> yard requirements of the main structure as identified in Chapter 18.84,including requirements <br /> prescribed in Section 18.84.100. Only in instances when complying with the front yard setback for <br /> the main structure precludes an accessory dwelling unit shall the accessory dwelling unit be <br /> permitted to encroach into the front yard setback but this encroachment shall be limited only to the <br /> extent necessary to accommodate the accessory dwelling unit. No setbacks are required for a <br /> legally existing living area that is converted to an accessory dwelling unit or to a portion of an <br /> accessory dwelling unit. <br /> Height of the attached accessory dwelling unit is measured vertically from the average elevation of <br /> the natural grade or finished grade,whichever is lower,of the ground covered by the accessory <br /> dwelling unit to the highest point of the structure including parapet or to the coping of a flat roof <br /> to the deck line of a mansard roof,or to the mean height between eaves and ridges for a hip,gable, <br /> or gambrel roof.Accessory dwelling units are limited to two stories.An accessory dwelling unit <br /> proposed on the second story shall not exceed 16 feet in height and shall meet the objective <br /> standards for second-story accessory dwelling units identified in Section 18.106.060(C)(2). <br /> a maximum increase in floor area of 1,200 square feet. In this instance,the gross floor area of the existing <br /> B The gross floor area of an attached accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed 50 percent of <br /> the gross floor area of the existing main dwelling unit,with a maximum increase in floor area of <br /> 1,200 square feet. The gross floor area of the existing main dwelling unit is to be calculated based <br /> on the size of the unit prior to the accessory dwelling unit/conversion. In no case shall this <br /> requirement necessitate an accessory dwelling unit to be less than: (1)a 150 square foot efficiency <br /> unit; (2)850 square feet if the accessory dwelling unit is a studio or one-bedroom unit; or(3) 1,000 <br /> square feet if the accessory dwelling unit is two or more bedrooms. <br /> C. An accessory dwelling unit that does not meet any of the Statewide Exemption Accessory <br /> Dwelling Unit Standards defined in Section 18.106.020 shall comply with applicable floor area <br /> ratio maximums,minimum open space requirements,and any other applicable development <br /> regulations established by this section and the zoning district or planned unit development in <br /> which the property is located. <br /> P20-0412.Accessory Dwelling Units Second Reading,February 16. 2021 <br /> Attachment 1 PMC Amendments. Page 9 <br />