Planning Commission to reconsider accessory dwelling revisions

Although the county’s Department of Planning and Land Use (DPLU) sought to simplify the accessory dwelling unit portion of the county’s Zoning Ordinance, comments made during a December 5 Planning Commission hearing on the proposed amendments led to a motion to send the revisions back to county staff and hold another hearing February 13.

“I appreciate staff’s effort to clean it up,” said Commissioner David Pallinger. “I don’t know if we’d be able to resolve this here.”

The current Zoning Ordinance defines four types of accessory dwellings: second dwelling units, accessory apartments, accessory...