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<br />The attachments also include the ADU regulations for the City of Inver Grove Heights and the City of <br />Kirkland Washington for more information on detached accessory structures. <br /> <br />Staff Concerns <br />The Fire and Building Safety Department cited concerns on how the different occupancies would be fire <br />separated. An attached accessory dwelling unit is easier to fire separate from the principle dwelling than a <br />detached accessory dwelling unit above a detached garage space. <br /> <br />One of the main concerns with multiple occupants in a structure is protecting the adjacent unit(s) from <br />the current user. <br /> <br />Because of addressing, fire separation issues, and services, staff believes that allowing detached accessory <br />structures would not be in the best interest of the city. <br /> <br />Definition of Family <br />A single family house is considered a dwelling that provides habitable space for one independent <br />housekeeping unit having cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities. <br /> <br />Family means any number of individuals generally, but not necessarily, related by blood and marriage, <br />living together at one location as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group <br />occupying a boardinghouse or rooming house, tourist home, hotel or motel. <br /> <br />By this definition, a group of people related or unrelated occupying a structure could be considered <br />“family.” Therefore, staff does not evaluate a dwelling unit by who (related or not) occupies the unit, but <br />by how the structure functions. In application, the presence of a second set of cooking, sleeping, and <br />sanitary facilities constitutes a second dwelling unit. These are not permitted in single family districts. <br /> <br />Some definitions of family use the term “blood family”. Determining if family is “blood” would be hard <br />to execute and would take significant time for an applicant to produce to documentation. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />February 17, 2015 City Council Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />List of Contacted Communities <br /> <br /> <br />Summary of Email Responses <br /> <br /> <br />City of Inver Grove Heights proposed ADU ordinance <br /> <br /> <br />City of Kirkland Washington ADU Regulations <br /> <br />N:\\Public Bodies\\Agenda Packets\\07-20-2015\\Final\\x8.1 sr Accessory Dwelling Units.docx <br />