Salt Lake City's proposed rules on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) have been delayed due to concerns over short-term rentals and the high costs to homeowners.
A sample accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, made by Salt Lake City-based Modal.
Tweaks to ADU rules in 2018 and years before, Mano and others have noted, yielded a relative trickle of new units. Now, the city is up against aand alarming patterns of longtime renters getting displaced, prompting the council and Mayor Erin Mendenhall to want to wipe away barriers on multiple fronts to these tiny dwellings.
Mano’s compromise would limit owner-occupancy to properties with single-family homes and ADUs on lots currently zoned foothill residential, R-1, SR-1 or SR-1A. There’s talk of having that carve-out expire, as well, after monitoring neighborhood impacts for several years. Perceived negative effects and the growing popularity of short-term rentals also have overshadowed the discussion. Scores have weighed in since early February, with fears that new ADUS would be listed on Airbnb instead of being offered to locals, bolstering strong sentiments in support of the owner-occupancy issue.
Others said the rule created unnecessary obstacles to building ADUs, when the city needs more housing of all types.
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