I haven’t tried to figure out how many cottages might be allowed on a large lot in Bellevue, but here is reporting out of Encinitas, where a new policy for unlimited ADUs is getting pulled back. Residents are concerned about recent flooding, fire risk (ADUs are not required to have sprinklers), and large numbers of new residents where the lots are cheap but there’s very little street parking and no sidewalks. The people in the story have a project with 43 units coming in near them.
It links to an academic report, which says that there are “several” large scale developments which will each create over 100 units once completed. Nolan Gray, the Senior Director of Legislation and Research for California YIMBY, is quoted as saying “the projects do still have to follow existing regulations for square footage and height requirements, so it’s more “as much as you can fit.”
This sounds very similar to Bellevue’s policy for cottages, which you can see on page 22 of the strike-draft:
- The density of cottage housing development on a lot is controlled by maximum floor area ratio by lot size and not by dwelling units per lot or dwelling units per acre. Therefore, there is no limit on the maximum dwelling units per lot, or dwelling units per acre, for cottage housing development. Cottage housing development is subject to the otherwise applicable development regulations contained in this section and in LUC 20.20.538 and the maximum floor area ratio for single-family and middle housing set forth in LUC 20.20.390.
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