§ 22.42.010. Accessory dwelling units.

It is the specific purpose and intent of allowing accessory dwelling units within all residential districts to provide the opportunity and encouragement for the development of small housing units designed, in particular, to meet the housing needs of persons of low and moderate incomes who might otherwise have difficulty finding homes within the Tumwater UGA. Furthermore, it is the purpose and intent of this provision to allow the more efficient use of the Tumwater UGA's existing stock of dwellings and accessory buildings to provide economic support of present resident families of limited income, and to protect and preserve property values. To help achieve these goals and to promote the other objectives of this title, the following specific standards are set forth for such accessory dwelling unit uses:

A.

There shall be no more than one accessory dwelling unit per lot in conjunction with a single-family structure.

B.

An accessory dwelling unit may be attached to, created within or detached from a new or existing primary single-family dwelling unit.

C.

The accessory dwelling unit will require one parking space, which is in addition to any off-street spaces required for the primary single-family dwelling unit.

D.

The primary entrance to an accessory dwelling unit shall not be visible from the yard on the same side of the lot on which the primary entrance to the primary single-family dwelling unit is located.

E.

To ensure that the accessory dwelling unit is clearly secondary to the primary dwelling unit, the floor area for the accessory dwelling unit shall in no case exceed eight hundred square feet, nor be less than three hundred square feet, and the accessory dwelling unit shall contain no more than two bedrooms.

F.

No more than one family, as defined in Section 22.04.205 of this title, shall be allowed to occupy an accessory dwelling unit.

G.

An accessory dwelling unit, together with the primary single-family dwelling unit with which it is associated, shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable codes and ordinances.

(Ord. 12761 § 82, 2002; Ord. 12032 § 30, 1999; Ord. 11804 § 139, 1998: Ord. 11274 § 2 (part), 1996)