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PETITION TO AMEND THE NEW HAVEN ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT OF SECTION 22: ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS INCLUDING REMOVING THE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT, ALLOWING DETACHED AND ATTACHED ADUS OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING ENVELOPE, ELIMINATING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT AND AMENDING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR ADUS.
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WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of 1925 Special Act No. 490, Section 5, Article XIII, Sections 2A-2F and Article VII of the Charter of the City of New Haven (the "Charter") and Section 64(d)(1) of the New Haven Zoning Ordinance, the City Plan Department of the City of New Haven, which serves as staff to the New Haven City Plan Commission ("City Plan"), filed with the New Haven City Clerk for transmission to the Board of Alders of the City of New Haven (the "Board of Alders") a Petition (the "Petition") requesting that the Board of Alders adopt text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance with regards to removing the owner occupancy requirement for ADUs, expand the ordinance to allow detached and attached ADUs outside of the building envelope of existing structures, eliminate the minimum lot size for ADUs, and align ADU setbacks with those of "accessory structures" in accordance with the text amendments which are more particularly described in Schedule A attached (the "Text Amendments");
WHEREAS all citizens of the City of New Haven should have access to a variety of safe, quality, affordable housing choices in all neighborhoods;
WHEREAS the City of New Haven recognizes the need for a variety of strategies and zoning
updates to address the complex issue of affordable housing;
WHEREAS, the City should be a regional, statewide, and national model advocate for developing innovative strategies and approaches to addressing affordable housing needs;
WHEREAS, amending the ADU ordinance by removing the owner occupancy requirement, allowing detached and attached ADUs outside of the existing building envelope for both principal and acc...
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