Q&A
Clarification on the number of ADUs allowed per property in zoning text vs. legislation
0:48:39
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez inquires about a potential inconsistency between the City of Yes zoning text amendment and the proposed legislation regarding the number of ADUs allowed per property. City officials explain the reasoning behind the different wording and clarify that the intent is to allow one ADU per building or tax lot in most cases.
- The zoning text allows 1 ADU per 1 or 2 family dwelling, while the legislation allows 1 per tax lot
- Officials explain that this difference accounts for rare cases where multiple homes exist on a single zoning lot
- The goal is to ensure every 1 or 2 family homeowner has the opportunity to add an ADU, even in unusual lot configurations
Pierina Sanchez
0:48:39
So moving to the the number of ADUs allowed, this is a potential inconsistency that that we found in the in the legislation, so wanted to ask about it.
0:48:48
As amended by the city planning commission, the city of YES for housing opportunities zoning text amendment allows 1 ADU per 1 or 2 family dwelling with some geographic exclusion, but the legislation allows 1 per tax lot.
0:49:01
Does the administration believe the legislation, will align with this definition of, what's in the zoning text at the end of this process?
Kim Darga
0:49:12
So I think, so within zoning, it is 1 ADU per building.
0:49:21
And I will let my colleague from DCB correct me if I've gotten that wrong.
0:49:26
And within the code, the ADU code that we are talking about today, the allowance is for 1 ADU per tax lot.
0:49:38
The overwhelming number of buildings are on individual tax lots.
0:49:43
So those generally align, and will allow homeowners to add an ADU to their property.
Pierina Sanchez
0:49:52
Yeah.
0:49:52
Why why is there a difference, in the in the wording between the amendment the tax amendment and the code?
Kim Darga
0:50:00
I'm not I can't speak to why the zoning tax isn't written how it is.
0:50:05
I don't know if
John Mangin
0:50:07
Sure.
0:50:07
Thank you for the question.
0:50:09
So it's not particularly common anymore, but we do have zoning lots in the city.
0:50:16
Individual zoning lots that will have multiple 1 or 2 family homes on them.
0:50:21
In that situation, each, 1 or 2 family home will tend to be on its own tax lot.
0:50:29
The reason why we drafted the text the way that we did is, in that situation, say you have a 100 single family homes on a big zoning lot.
0:50:38
If we said 1 ADU per zoning lot, then the first person builds an ADU and everybody else is out of luck.
0:50:44
So we wanted to ensure that every 1 or 2 family homeowner would have the opportunity to add an ADU even in that situation where you have multiple 1 or 2 family homes on a big old zoning lot in Staten Island.
Pierina Sanchez
0:50:58
Got it.
0:50:59
Thank you.
0:50:59
Thank you so much.
