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Ordinance No. 2277 <br />Page 17 of 25 <br />dwelling unit, <br />and that meets <br />the standards of <br />Chapter 18.107 <br />Amend §18.86.060 as follows <br />§18.86.060 Findings and decision. <br />A. Findings. The written decision regarding a request for reasonable accommodation will be <br />consistent with the Fair Housing Laws and shall be based on consideration of the following <br />factors: <br />1. Whether the housing, which is the subject of the request, will be used by an individual <br />disabled under the Fair Housing Laws <br />2. Whether the request for reasonable accommodation is necessary to make specific <br />housing available to an individual with a disability under the Fair Housing Laws. <br />3. Whether the requested reasonable accommodation would impose an undue financial <br />or administrative burden on the city. <br />4. Physical attributes of the property and structures. <br />5. Alternative reasonable accommodations which may provide an equivalent level of <br />benefit. <br />B. Conditions of Approval. In granting a request for reasonable accommodation, the reviewing <br />authority may impose any conditions of approval deemed reasonable and necessary to <br />ensure that the reasonable accommodation would comply with the findings required by <br />subsection A. <br />Amend §18.106.040 as follows <br />§18.106.040 Standards for attached accessory dwelling units—Height limitations, <br />setbacks, open space, and other regulations. <br />Attached accessory dwelling units shall meet the requirements in Section 18.106.060 of this <br />chapter and the following requirements: <br />A. Attached accessory dwelling units shall not exceed 25 feet in height except when the <br />accessory dwelling unit is the result of the conversion of existing space or accessory <br />dwelling units are proposed as part of a new planned unit development. Except for an <br />attached accessory dwelling unit that meets the Statewide Exemption Accessory Dwelling <br />Unit Standards in Section 18.106.020, attached accessory dwelling units shall be subject to <br />the minimum front, rear, and side yard requirements of the main structure as identified in <br />Chapter 18.84, including requirements prescribed in Section 18.84.100. Only in instances <br />when complying with the front yard setback for the main structure precludes an accessory <br />dwelling unit shall the accessory dwelling unit be permitted to encroach into the front yard <br />setback but this encroachment shall be limited only to the extent necessary to <br />accommodate the accessory dwelling unit. No setbacks are required for a legally existing <br />living area that is converted to an accessory dwelling unit or to a portion of an accessory <br />dwelling unit. <br />Height of the attached accessory dwelling unit is measured vertically from the average <br />elevation of the natural grade or finished grade, whichever is lower, of the ground covered <br />by the accessory dwelling unit to the highest point of the structure including parapet or to <br />the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height between <br />eaves and ridges for a hip, gable, or gambrel roof. Accessory dwelling units are limited to <br />two stories. An accessory dwelling unit proposed on the second story shall not exceed 25 <br />