Sec. 59-A-6.15. Personal living quarters (PLQ).

In the zones where it is permitted a personal living quarters must comply with the following regulations:

   (a)   The personal living quarters (PLQ) must:

      (1)   contain at least 6 individual living units;

      (2)   have facilities for sanitation, which may be shared among ILU residents; and

      (3)   have facilities for cooking, which must be shared among ILU residents.

   (b)   The Director is authorized to establish procedures and standards which may provide for periodic inspections, including access by inspectors at reasonable times, and compliance with applicable codes. The Director may designate another County agency or department to administer and enforce the inspection requirements.

   (c)   An individual living unit in a PLQ:

      (1)   must have a minimum gross floor area of 150 square feet and a maximum gross floor area of 350 square feet, except in the case of a personal living quarters developed through conversion of an existing building previously devoted to another use. In that case, a personal living quarters may contain individual living units with a maximum gross floor area per unit of 385 square feet;

      (2)   must not contain complete cooking facilities such as a stove, oven, or similar device, but may contain equipment for incidental food preparation, such as small portable kitchen appliances;

      (3)   may contain separate sanitation facilities;

      (4)   must be subject to a rental agreement with a minimum lease term of at least 30 days. Copies of the rental agreement must be available for inspection by, and provided upon demand to the County.

   (d)   Development standards are as follows:

      (1)   In the zones where a personal living quarters is permitted, the personal living quarters must comply with the development standards of the zone in which the personal living quarters is located, except as provided in Paragraph (2) below.

      (2)   In the following zones, the maximum number of individual living units per acre in a personal living quarters building is as follows, subject to the maximum FAR of the zone for residential uses, if any:

Zone	Individual Living Units per Acre
R-30	29
R-20	43
R-10	87
R-H	87
CBD Standard Method
CBD-0.5	70
CBD-R1	86
CBD-1	86
CBD-2	160
CBD-3	240
CBD-R2	160

 

      (3)   If a personal living quarters is constructed on a lot that also includes a residential building containing complete dwelling units, or if personal living quarters individual living units are included in a building with complete dwelling units, the density standards for dwelling units in the zone apply to that portion of the lot that contains complete dwellings units.

   (e)   Parking must be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article 59-E.

   (f)   (1) If a use qualifies as a PLQ, the use does not constitute a multiple family dwelling, hotel, motel, inn, apartment hotel, or other use as defined in this chapter.

      (2)   If a use qualifies as an ILU, the use does not constitute a dwelling unit as defined in this chapter.

   (g)   The number of ILUs in each policy area is limited to 12.5 percent of the units allotted by the gross ceiling for housing for the policy area in the adopted Annual Growth Policy, or 500, whichever is less.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 13-46, § 2.)