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18.106.010 <br />(Pleasanton Supp. No. 30, 7-23) 670 <br />Chapter 18.106 <br /> <br />ACCESSORY AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS* <br /> <br />Sections: <br />18.106.010 Purpose. <br />18.106.020 Use requirements and review process. <br />18.106.030 Density and growth management program. <br />18.106.040 Standards for attached accessory dwelling units—Height limitations, setbacks, open space, and <br />other regulations. <br />18.106.045 Standards for detached accessory dwelling units—Height limitations, setbacks, open space, and <br />other regulations. <br />18.106.050 Standards for accessory dwelling units resulting from converting existing space in multi-family <br />developments—Height limitations, setbacks, open space, and other regulations. <br />18.106.060 Required standards for all accessory dwelling units. <br />18.106.070 Required standards for all junior accessory dwelling units. <br /> <br />* Prior ordinance history: Ord. 1812 § 1, 2000. <br /> <br />18.106.010 Purpose. <br />Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units are a valuable form of housing in the city. These units meet the <br />city’s general plan housing policies related to: attaining a variety of housing types; providing housing stock to lower <br />income households; including lower income housing units within market rate housing projects; providing alternative, <br />nontraditional means suited to the community to fill lower and moderate income housing needs; meeting the city’s <br />share of regional housing needs; providing a means to assist homeowners in financing the acquisition of a home; and <br />providing security to homeowners living alone. <br />The further purpose of this chapter is to comply with the requirements of State law. To do so, this chapter identi- <br />fies those zoning districts where an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit meeting enumerated stan- <br />dards to ensure neighborhood compatibility is a permitted use in that district. (Ord. 2213 § 2, 2021; Ord. 2161 § 1, <br />2017; Ord. 2080 § 2, 2013; Ord. 1885 § 2, 2003) <br /> <br />18.106.020 Use requirements and review process. <br />A. Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units are permitted uses in the R-1 one family residential <br />district, RM multi-family residential district, planned unit developments zoned for residential uses, MU mixed <br />use districts, C-C central commercial district, and A agricultural district, if the primary unit is a proposed or exist- <br />ing legal one-family dwelling unit or existing legal multi-family development and the accessory dwelling unit <br />meets all of the standards set forth in Section 18.106.060 of this chapter and the applicable site standards in Sec- <br />tion 18.106.040 of this chapter for attached accessory dwelling units, Section 18.106.045 of this chapter for de- <br />tached accessory dwelling units, Section 18.106.050 of this chapter for accessory dwelling unit(s) resulting from <br />conversion of existing space in multi-family development, or Section 18.106.070 of this chapter for junior acces- <br />sory dwelling units. <br />B. For purposes of this section: <br />1. A one-family development is defined as a property, site or parcel that contains one dwelling unit (other <br />than an accessory dwelling unit), where the primary dwelling unit is detached and/or separated from any <br />adjacent dwelling unit other than an accessory dwelling unit. A property, site or parcel containing multiple <br />detached single-family dwellings on the same lot shall also be considered a one-family development. <br />2. A multi-family development is defined as building(s) or structure(s) to house more than one household <br />within separate dwelling units, including units having attached or shared walls.