The county’s Planning Commission approved recommendations to change the accessory dwelling unit portion of the county’s Zoning Ordinance.

The 7-0 vote February 13 consolidates four types of accessory dwelling units into two while stipulating limitations on those uses.

“The intent of the ordinance was to basically streamline it, clean it up,” said county Department of Planning and Land Use planning manager Joe Farace.

If approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the accessory dwelling categories of second dwelling units, accessory apartments, accessory living quarters...