From: inge cox
To: City Clerk Group; Inge Cox
Subject: Agenda Item B4 Second reading
Date: Monday, December 16, 2024 12:01:29 PM
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Amending Section 17.41.030 of the Goleta Municipal Code regarding ADU ( Accessory Dwelling Units) and JADU ( Junior Accessory Dwelling Units) The fact that you are doing the second reading by title only to amend Section 17.41.030 of the Goleta Municipal Code, and you are doing as an "Urgency Ordinance" eight days before Christmas, suggests that Council does not want public input.
Most people are now concentrating in the Holidays. This reading should be postponed to the New Year why is there such a rush at this time?
Under C. Definitions one assumes that a lot has to have certain dimensions to be able to put an ADU and/ or JADU. If a JADU cannot be more than 500 square feet in size. But according to F (!a) it states: " maximum size of a detached attached ADU is as follows i. 850 square feet for a studio or one-bedroom ii 1,000 square feet two or more bedrooms.
7. Under Living Area it is stated that it does not include a garage or any accessory structure.
What happens to garage conversions that already happened? Under D. Approvals for ADU or JADU "is allowed with only a Building Permit" and the height limit does not exceed the height in subsection (E) (2). The height limits in this subsection (E) (2) (d) go from 16 feet in (a) to 25 feet in height.
ADUs under (d) may not exceed two stories. A lot of private residences in El Encanto Heights are still one story. What will this do to the privacy of this residents. Also in the definition for height under (e) will most likely be also an invasion of privacy because the height is being measured to the "uppermost point of the roof". If you have an existing 6-8 foot fence in the backyard and within 4 feet you have an almost 20 feet structure, what will this do to the immediate neighbors?
E.4 The rental term for these structures should be not only 30 days but longer.
If ADU's are not subject to the owner living in the property, who will be responsible of what happens in the ADU or JADU
Setbacks need to be the size required for all houses.
Sincerely yours,
Ingeborg Cox MD,MPH
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