(A) An ACCESSORY DWELLING is a secondary housing unit that is smaller than the existing primary structure on a residential lot, usually the size of a studio apartment. The additional unit can be a detached cottage, a unit attached to a garage or in a portion of an existing house. The housing density standard of the base zone does not apply to accessory dwellings, due to the small size and low occupancy level of the use. The following standards are intended to control the size and number of accessory dwellings on individual lots, so as to promote compatibility with adjacent land uses.
(B) Accessory dwellings shall comply with all of the following standards:
(1) Oregon Structural Specialty Code. The structure complies with the state’s Structural Specialty Code;
(2) Utility connection. The structure is permanently built and connected to utilities in a manner similar to the primary structure;
(3) One unit. A maximum of one accessory dwelling unit is allowed per lot;
(4) Building height. The building height of detached accessory dwellings (such as, separate cottages) shall not exceed 25 feet;
(5) Buffering. A six-foot hedge or fence between an accessory dwelling and a lot line shall be required when the accessory dwelling will have windows or doors which face a side or rear lot line and are within ten feet of the lot line; and
(6) Location. Detached accessory dwellings shall either be recessed behind, or flush with, the front elevation of the principal dwelling.
(Prior Code, § 16.105.005) (Ord. 451, passed 6-4-2018; Ord. 470, passed 8-17-2020)