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In my comment to the Planning Commission on April 23rd, I highlighted this discontinuity in the FAR. Lots under 10k sqft get more space than in the state’s Model Code (Model Code line is not shown above, but it’s a 1.6 FAR that does not give bonus space for 2400 sqft of ADUs), and then between 10k and about 16k sqft, there’s a dip, because the FAR multiplier becomes 1.5 instead of 0.9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scenario assumes that two of the six homes on a lot would have internal AADUs to benefit from the bonus square footage, but there is no requirement that these be rented out separately. Once you get to the R-1 category, each of the houses in a six home development would be allowed to be over 5000 sqft, which means they’ll be unaffordable by definition. In these very large homes, it’s not unusual for them to have a wet bar, so we’ll get a little future proofing in case people want to rent it out separately later, but having the AADU probably won’t affect the housing supply right away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My suggestion is to create a flat home size for lots between 10k and 15k square feet, and then a more gradual increase of 0.2 FAR for all lot area above 15k sqft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: There is also a line showing some of the smaller minimum lot areas for LL-1, LL-2, etc, but these apply to affordable housing only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In my comment to the Planning Commission on April 23rd, I highlighted this discontinuity in the FAR. Lots under 10k sqft get more space than in the state’s Model Code (Model Code line is not shown above, but it’s a 1.6 FAR that does not give bonus space for 2400 sqft of ADUs), and then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbellevue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}