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Ordinance No. Page 3 of 12 EXHIBIT A TITLE 18 ZONING CHAPTER 18.106 ACCESSORY AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS Note: Prior ordinance history: Ord. 1812 § 1, 2000. § 18.106.010. Purpose. Accessory and junior accessory dwelling units are a valuable form of housing in the city. These units meet the city's general plan housing policies related to: attaining a variety of housing types; providing housing stock to lower income households; including lower income housing units within market rate housing projects; providing alternative, nontraditional means suited to the community to fill lower and moderate income housing needs; meeting the city's share of regional housing needs; providing a means to assist homeowners in financing the acquisition of a home; and providing security to homeowners living alone. The further purpose of this chapter is to comply with the requirements of State law. To do so, this chapter identifies those zoning districts where an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit meeting enumerated standards to ensure neighbor hood compatibility is a permitted use in that district. (Ord. 1885 § 2, 2003; Ord. 2080 § 2, 2013; Ord. 2161 § 1, 2017; Ord. 2213 § 2, 2021) § 18.106.020. Use requirements and review process. A. Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units are permitted uses in the R-1 one family residential district, RM multi-family residential district, planned unit developments zoned for residential uses, MU mixed use districts, C-C central commercial district, and A agricultural district, if the primary unit is a proposed or existing legal one- family dwelling unit or existing legal multi-family development and the accessory dwelling unit meets all of the standards set forth in Section 18.106.060 of this chapter and the applicable site standards in Section 18.106.040 of this chapter for attached accessory dwelling units, Section 18.106.045 of this chapter for detached accessory dwelling units, Section 18.106.050 of this chapter for accessory dwelling unit(s) resulting from conversion of existing space in multi-family development, or Section 18.106.070 of this chapter for junior accessory dwelling units. B. For purposes of this section: 1. A one-family development is defined as a property, site or parcel that contains one dwelling unit (other than an accessory dwelling unit), where the primary dwelling unit is detached and/or separated from any adjacent dwelling unit other than an accessory dwelling unit. A property, site or parcel containing multiple detached single-family dwellings on the same lot shall also be considered a one- family development. 2. A multi-family development is defined as building(s) or structure(s) to house more than one household within separate dwelling units, including units having attached or shared walls. 3. A development project that has both one-family and multi-family units on the same lot shall be defined as a multi-family development. 4. In a development project that has both one-family and multi-family housing types, regulations applicable to one-family developments shall apply to the one-family housing types and regulations applicable to multi-family development shall apply to Page 73 of 348