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Woodside tonight: New rules for secondary dwelling units?

Original post made on Mar 14, 2017

Woodside's Town Council may revise tonight (March 14) zoning rules governing the building and use of accessory dwelling units -- the studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences also known as second units and granny units.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 11:51 AM

Comments (4)

Posted by CB
a resident of Woodside: other
on Mar 14, 2017 at 12:28 pm

Are they considering changing the restriction of size of secondary dwelling for family? With the housing issue in the area this would be a great thing for them to reevaluate.


Posted by Feedback
a resident of Woodside: other
on Mar 14, 2017 at 4:16 pm

Requiring a minimum of 30 day rental periods sounds excessive !
While I understand the desire to avoid having many ADUs used as hotels, owners have a right to do what they want with their property, as long as it doesn't infringe on their neighbors. Don't take away rights of owners.

Requiring 1 parking spot for each bedroom sounds excessive !
Main residences don't require that, so why should ADUs? For example, are you requiring 4 parking spots for a 4 bedroom, or 6 for a 6 bedroom? I think not.

I can't attend tonight, so I hope these points are discussed.


Posted by CB
a resident of Woodside: other
on Mar 15, 2017 at 1:13 pm

Did anyone attend meeting? We couldn't go but really interested in the discussion.


Posted by Joan
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Apr 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm

I hope Menlo Park will follow and lessen their restrictions. We have such a housing crisis and it needs immediate attention. There are many of these cottages in my neighborhood and they serve the community providing housing for our service people.


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