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Page 4 <br />ft. Therefore, under this <br />option any homes that <br />are less than 2,500 sq. <br />ft. could have 1,000 sq. <br />ft. ADU and it may be <br />more than 40% of the <br />structure. Under this <br />option an existing 2,000 <br />sq. ft. home could have <br />two 1,000 sq. ft. units <br />making the structure <br />more like a duplex <br />Option 4 <br />No % limit, just the maximum size <br />Provides the most <br />There could be homes <br />limit of 1,000 sq. ft. for an ADU <br />flexibility for new and <br />that are 2,000 sq. ft. and <br />existing homes while <br />have two 1,000 sq. ft. <br />limiting the size of an <br />units making the <br />ADU to 1,000 sq. ft. <br />structure more like a <br />duplex <br />Staff recommends Option 3 <br />2. Owner Occupancy requirement: Owner occupancy is hard to enforce and the property owners <br />that are currently renting out both units on a property did not want to apply under the amnesty <br />program if they had to meet the owner occupancy requirement. However, units in these <br />circumstances are discovered in the process of rental registration process. It is difficult for the <br />city's code enforcement team to do any enforcement if one of the units is not occupied by the <br />homeowner. <br />Pros <br />Cons <br />Option 1 <br />Keep the owner occupancy <br />More homeowners <br />Hard to enforce <br />requirement <br />living on their <br />particularly for <br />property can lead to <br />preexisting homes that <br />better upkeep of the <br />have two rental units. <br />property and less <br />Policy direction is <br />turnover in the <br />needed if these units <br />community. <br />should remain under the <br />city's rental inspection <br />program for inspection <br />related to healthy <br />housing code (mold, hot <br />water etc) even though <br />they do not meet zoning <br />code requirements. <br />Option 2 <br />Remove the owner occupancy <br />Easy to enforce <br />Potentially it could lead <br />requirement <br />to more rental properties <br />than homeowners living <br />on their property. <br />Staff recommends Option 1 <br />