17.12.140   Purpose and intent.
   It is the purpose of this article to provide for the following:
   A.   To encourage a range of housing types, styles and costs to suit the varying needs and desires of the community;
   B.   To allow homeowners a means of obtaining, through tenants and accessory dwelling units, an additional source of income, companionship, security, and services;
   C.   To add inexpensive rental units to the housing stock of the city;
   D.   To create homeownership opportunities for moderate income households who might otherwise be excluded from the housing market, through the additional income derived from accessory dwelling units;
   E.   Develop housing in single-family neighborhoods that is appropriate for a variety of stages in the household life cycle, thereby lessening fluctuations in neighborhood demand for public services;
   F.   Protect the stability, property values, and character of single family residential neighborhoods by insuring that accessory dwelling units are subject to the standards that follow. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 2003-23 § 2, 2003: Ord. 9717 § 2 (part), 1997: prior code § 7283(A))