If Durham is like most American cities, probably 3/4 of the residential lots are single family homes. Another word for that is scale. As in, that’s how you scale change. Make it accessible to the masses, make it simple and easy, and nature takes its course. Love the duplex ADU idea.
Here in my city, we had to do rental compromise for our ADU ordinance. That is, the ordinance requires one of the structures be owner-occupied. Do you have such issues, and/or short-term rental concerns?
The North Carolina Legislature banned the use of owner-occupancy requirements in zoning. It's an easy fix to do statewide.
Like most things, the broad idea of OO laws wasn't necessarily terrible, but bad-faith people so thoroughly abused it that the legislature acted forcefully.
It's a weird phenomenon in NC - the best agents of change are the people most actively to prevent it: they so consistently overreach that they inevitably invite pre-emption.
If Durham is like most American cities, probably 3/4 of the residential lots are single family homes. Another word for that is scale. As in, that’s how you scale change. Make it accessible to the masses, make it simple and easy, and nature takes its course. Love the duplex ADU idea.
Here in my city, we had to do rental compromise for our ADU ordinance. That is, the ordinance requires one of the structures be owner-occupied. Do you have such issues, and/or short-term rental concerns?
The North Carolina Legislature banned the use of owner-occupancy requirements in zoning. It's an easy fix to do statewide.
Like most things, the broad idea of OO laws wasn't necessarily terrible, but bad-faith people so thoroughly abused it that the legislature acted forcefully.
It's a weird phenomenon in NC - the best agents of change are the people most actively to prevent it: they so consistently overreach that they inevitably invite pre-emption.